Author: Quinta Scott
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133836
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
It was the way out. Invented on the cusp of the depression, Route 66 was the road out of the mines, off the farm, away from troubled Main Street. It was the road to opportunity. Between 1926 and 1956, many people from the southern and plains states trekked west to California on Route 66, the Mother Road. Some never reached California. Instead, they settled along the road, building restaurants, tourist attractions, gas stations, and motels. The architecture of each structure reflected regional building traditions and the difficulties of the times. The designs of buildings and signs served as invitations for passing travelers to stop, fill their tanks, have a bite, and stay the night. Along Route 66 describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and pairs photos with stories of the buildings and of the people who built them, lived in them, and made a living from them. With striking black-and-white images and unforgettable oral histories of this rapidly disappearing architecture, Quinta Scott has docomented the culture of America’s most famous road.
Along Route 66
Author: Quinta Scott
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133836
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
It was the way out. Invented on the cusp of the depression, Route 66 was the road out of the mines, off the farm, away from troubled Main Street. It was the road to opportunity. Between 1926 and 1956, many people from the southern and plains states trekked west to California on Route 66, the Mother Road. Some never reached California. Instead, they settled along the road, building restaurants, tourist attractions, gas stations, and motels. The architecture of each structure reflected regional building traditions and the difficulties of the times. The designs of buildings and signs served as invitations for passing travelers to stop, fill their tanks, have a bite, and stay the night. Along Route 66 describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and pairs photos with stories of the buildings and of the people who built them, lived in them, and made a living from them. With striking black-and-white images and unforgettable oral histories of this rapidly disappearing architecture, Quinta Scott has docomented the culture of America’s most famous road.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133836
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
It was the way out. Invented on the cusp of the depression, Route 66 was the road out of the mines, off the farm, away from troubled Main Street. It was the road to opportunity. Between 1926 and 1956, many people from the southern and plains states trekked west to California on Route 66, the Mother Road. Some never reached California. Instead, they settled along the road, building restaurants, tourist attractions, gas stations, and motels. The architecture of each structure reflected regional building traditions and the difficulties of the times. The designs of buildings and signs served as invitations for passing travelers to stop, fill their tanks, have a bite, and stay the night. Along Route 66 describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and pairs photos with stories of the buildings and of the people who built them, lived in them, and made a living from them. With striking black-and-white images and unforgettable oral histories of this rapidly disappearing architecture, Quinta Scott has docomented the culture of America’s most famous road.
Program [of The] Annual Meeting
Author: American Medico-Psychological Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association at the ... Annual Meeting ...
Author: American Psychiatric Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The Bloody Chasm
Author: John William De Forest
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems: an Index to Every Word Therein Contained. By Mrs. H. H. Furness
Author: Mrs. Helen Kate FURNESS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Medical Commentaries
Author: William Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The American Journal of Insanity
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews".
Americanisms--old and New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Legendary Route 66
Author: Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616731236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history. Starting in Chicago and running to Santa Monica, this book highlights the sights along the highway with historic and current photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements. Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today. Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616731236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history. Starting in Chicago and running to Santa Monica, this book highlights the sights along the highway with historic and current photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements. Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today. Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.
Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association ... Annual Meeting
Author: American Psychiatric Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
List of members in each volume except v. 27.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
List of members in each volume except v. 27.