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Car Hops and Curb Service

History of American Drive-in Restaurants, 1920-60

Jim Heimann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

125 Seiten

1996
Chronicle Books (Verlag)
978-0-8118-1115-6 (ISBN)

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Engagingly illustrated with historical photographs and a rich assortment of related ephemera, from menus to matchbox covers, Car Hops and Curb Service chronicles a unique chapter of popular culture for anyone who sipped a malt, hung a tray, or cruised a drive-in parking lot--or wished they had. 124 color photos.

Travel back to the heyday of the American drive-in restaurant--complete with swinging ponytails, shiny new automobiles, and the aroma of French fries drifting through unrolled car windows. Beginning with the original Texas Pig Stand of 1921, this evocative compendium cruises through 40 years of drive in culture, tracing the history of roadside restaurant architecture and the people who created it. Engagingly illustrated with historical photographs and a rich assortment of related ephemera, from menus to matchbox covers, Car Hops and Curb Service chronicles a unique chapter of popular culture for anyone who sipped a malt, hung a tray, or cruised a drive in parking lot--or wished they had.

Jim Heimann is a graphic designer, illustrator, and educator whose previous books include California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture, also published by Chronicle Books.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.9.1998
Zusatzinfo	124 colour photographs
Verlagsort	California
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 280 mm
Gewicht	552 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Hotel- / Restaurantführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-8118-1115-8 / 0811811158
ISBN-13	978-0-8118-1115-6 / 9780811811156
Zustand	Neuware