Road trip : roadside America from Custard's Last Stand to the Wigwam Restaurant / Richard Longstreth.

Main entry:

Longstreth, Richard W., author, photographer.

Title & Author:

Road trip : roadside America from Custard's Last Stand to the Wigwam Restaurant / Richard Longstreth.

Publication:

New York, NY : Universe, 2015.

Description:

208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Roadside observations: an introduction -- Commercial strips -- Restaurants -- Gasoline stations -- Motels -- Stores -- Theaters and other places of entertainment.

Summary:

"Expectation, anticipation, discovery-- each of these is a facet of an American institution, the road trip. With a focus on vernacular roadside architecture built between 1920 and the late 1960s, the golden age of the American road, Road Trip is a time capsule, a snapshot taken primarily in the early 1970s, of an extraordinary era and its roadside buildings, restaurants, gas stations, motels, and places of amusement, most of which are now long since gone. Built in an age of unbridled imagination, these structures speak to the fancies of their original owners and builders as much as to the purposes for which they were built."--Back cover.

ISBN:

0789327619
9780789327611
9780789332929
0789332922

Subject:

Roadside architecture United States Pictorial works.
Retail trade United States Pictorial works.
Drive-in facilities United States Pictorial works.
Supermarkets United States Pictorial works.
Commercial buildings United States Pictorial works.
Roadside architecture United States History.
Retail trade United States History.
Drive-in facilities United States History.
Supermarkets United States History.
Commercial buildings United States History.
Constructions des abords de route États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Commerce de détail États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Drive-in États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Immeubles commerciaux États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Constructions des abords de route États-Unis Histoire.
Commerce de détail États-Unis Histoire.
Drive-in États-Unis Histoire.
Immeubles commerciaux États-Unis Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE / Decoration & Ornament.
Commercial buildings
Drive-in facilities
Retail trade
Roadside architecture
Supermarkets
United States.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289343
Call No.: BIB 231708
Status: Available

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