Author: Debra Jane SeltzerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669498
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
A terrific, lavishly illustrated look at the fascinating world of American roadside signs.
Author: Chris Augliera
Author: William StageVintage Birmingham Signs
Author: Tim HollisPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439635544
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Most people do not stop to realize how many of their fond memories involve advertising signs. Although these neon spectaculars, billboards, and even signs painted directly onto brick walls were created expressly to persuade customers to buy products or patronize businesses, many such signs remained in place for so long that they became beloved landmarks in their own right. For Images of America: Vintage Birmingham Signs, Tim Hollis has scoured the archives of Birminghams former sign companies, as well as other private collections, to compile some of the best remembered or most obscure signs that dotted the urban and suburban landscape. Here readers will again see the Buffalo Rock bottle pouring its ginger ale into a glass, the Golden Flake clown smiling down at passersby, the Barbers milk clock at the Five Points South intersection, and many more. Through these vintage photographs, readers can once again visit such once-thriving destinations as Eastwood Mall, Burger in a Hurry, and the Kiddieland amusement park.
Vintage Neon
Author: Len DavidsonPublisher: Schiffer Reference Book
ISBN: 9780764308574
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Neon signs turned North America's roadside into a luminous wonderland in the mid-20th century. These unforgettable depictions of exploding bowling pins, crashing cars, baton twirling majorettes, and lassoing cowboys were the fodder for legend and lore. Neon designer Len Davidson has captured their magic with over 350 photos of superb vintage signs. In the text, voices of neon sign makers, shopkeepers, photographers, and preservationists record their legends in words, while a definitive photo archive gives architects and sign artisans an invaluable resource. This volume is a treasure for all who have been captured by the spell of vintage neon.
Vintage Tampa Signs and Scenes
Author: John V. CinchettPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439638004
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
During the 1950s, the Cinchett Neon Sign Company came to be Tampas best-known sign maker. When the city planned to build a zoo, the mayor asked Cinchett to design the new sign. Fried chicken king Colonel Sanders had the sign company create all the neon work for his first two Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Central Florida, and soon after, other reputable businesses came calling.
Signs in America's Auto Age
Author: John A. JaklePublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587294826
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Signs orient, inform, persuade, and regulate. They help give meaning to our natural and human-built environment, to landscape and place. In Signs in America’s Auto Age, cultural geographer John Jakle and historian Keith Sculle explore the ways in which we take meaning from outdoor signs and assign meaning to our surroundings—the ways we “read” landscape. With an emphasis on how the use of signs changed as the nation’s geography reorganized around the coming of the automobile, Jakle and Sculle consider the vast array of signs that have evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Tavern Signs of America
Author: Helene SmithPublisher: McDonald & Sward Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780945437017
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Only comprehensive book on subject. Discover where the last preserved tavern signs of America may be seen and now worth hundreds or thousands of dollars due to their scarcity. An era when tavern signs were painted by some of our early and famous American artists, such as Benjamin West, starting out as sign painters. Some tavern emblems still display the bullet holes from the time of the Revolutionary War in which British signs were shot down by patriots to the horror of the tavern keepers.
Star-Spangled Images (Pic Am-Old)
Author: Applewood BooksPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429097124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Over 60 images relating to the flag and patriotism in a full-color paperback. Part of Applewood's Pictorial America series, the book features images drawn from historical sources and includes prints, paintings, illustrations, and photographs. This small gem is an ideal gift for fans of vintage Americana and is sure to stir any patriotic heart.
