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American Amusement Park
Stock #: 23005
Author: AJP SAMUELSON
List Price: $34.95
Karen's Price:
$32.95
This marvelous photographic retrospective distills more than 100 years of the sights, sounds, smells and vertigo-inducing thrills associated with the American amusement park. Nostalgic archival photography from private collections, period print advertisements and exclusive modern color photographs illustrate the stories behind thrill rides, arcades, architecture, park food, pavilion entertainment, fun houses, tunnels of love and much more. Special focus is given to the roller coaster, while sidebars highlight specific parks and rides whose influence on the development of amusement parks in general is undeniable.thrill rides,arcades,architecture,park food, pavilion entertainment,fun houses,tunnels of love,amusement,parks,rides,america. more»
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American Diner
Stock #: 12809
Author: Michael Karl Witzel
OUT OF PRINT
From the early days, before the age of the automobile, Walter Scott brought his horse-drawn lunch wagons through the streets to the heyday of mass-produced chrome and neon diners in the 1950s, The American Diner offers a full blue-plate special of nostalgia for all those who loved the counter culture of these great eateries. More than 250 historical colorful photographs help remind us of life before fast food, and generous helpings of classic advertisements, cool collectibles, and architectural highlights also highlight the era. Soft Cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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American Drive-In Movie Theater
Stock #: 89003
Author: Don Sanders & Susan Sanders
OUT OF PRINT
Since the earliest drive-ins of the 1930s, this book takes a look at every aspect of the drive-in movie theater: the architecture, the marquees, the cars, the food, and much more. B&W and color photos, along with period ads and other memorabilia, from the origins of the drive-in, through its heyday in the 1950s, its decline, and its subsequent revival. Soft Cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Barns:Styles & Structures
Stock #: 90112
Author: Michael Witzel
List Price: $19.95
Karen's Price:
$15.95
This photo/essay treatment of barns in America is arranged by the five distinct roof styles that have largely come to define American barns, presenting six 20-page spreads detailing the Dutch, bank, crib, round, and prairie styles. Regions represented include New England, the Southeast, the mid-South, the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, the desert Southwest, and California. Soft cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Bodie: The Mines Are Looking Well - Hard Cover
Stock #: 17896H
Author: Michael H. Piatt
List Price: $39.95
Karen's Price:
$36.95
The legendary Gold Mining Town of Bodie, California. Where in the days of mining in raucous bars, a miner got shot almost every night. Includes photos and text on the railroads, the mills, the people, and more. Railroads include Central Pacific, Bodie Railway & Lumber Company, Virginia & Truckee Railroad and more. This is the history of the Old West ghost town, from its gold boom origins to the present. Includes more than 130 photographs, maps and sketches. Hard Cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Bodie: The Mines Are Looking Well - Soft Cover
Stock #: 17896S
Author: Michael H. Piatt
List Price: $29.95
Karen's Price:
$27.95
The legendary Gold Mining Town of Bodie, California. Where in the days of mining in raucous bars, a miner got shot almost every night. Includes photos and text on the railroads, the mills, the people, and more. Railroads include Central Pacific, Bodie Railway & Lumber Company, Virginia & Truckee Railroad and more. This is the history of the Old West ghost town, from its gold boom origins to the present. Includes more than 130 photographs, maps and sketches. Soft Cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Cinema Treasures: A New Look at Classic Movie Theaters
Stock #: 99002
Author: Ross Melnick & Andreas Fuchs
OUT OF PRINT
A very well illustrated history of the American movie theater from the early nickelodeons through today's state of the art megaplexes. Includes color and B&W photos. Hard Cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Covered Bridges of Reading & Berks County
Stock #: 740110
Author: Bernhart
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$23.95
This book contains black and white photography on several different covered bridges in Reading and Berks County accompanied with their history.Bridges mentioned: Douglassville, Poplar Neck, Lancaster Bridge, Harrisburg, Kissinger's, Leisz's, Stoudt's Ferry Bridge, Mohr's, Shoemakersville, Hamburg, Bushong, Red Bridge, Van Reed, Reber's Mill, Conrad's, Manatawny Creek, Pine Forge, Fisher's, Earville, Greisemer, Kutz Mill, Swatara Creek, South Bernville, Bernville, Ontelaunee, Maiden Creek, Moselem, Virginville, Dreibelbis, Greenawald, Albany and Steinsville. Soft cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Fantastic Filling Stations
Stock #: 23002
Author: Tim Steil
OUT OF PRINT
Fortunately, memories of old service stations live on in this entertaining book filled with original period color images, as well as modern color shots of surviving filling stations. Readers will witness eccentric and wacky station styles, including airplanes, teepees, windmills, petrified trees, railroad tanks cars, icebergs, and more. Author Tim Steil also examines the role of the automobile and filling station in American society, from the earliest days in the 1910s through the end of the service station era in the 1970s. Soft cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Fill 'er Up!: The Great American Gas Station
Stock #: 23000
Author: Tim Russell
List Price: $35.00
Karen's Price:
$28.95
This brightly illustrated history of service stations runs the gamut from East to West, North to South, spotlighting the culture and lore of the gas-pumping garage that has kept the United States moving for a century. Whether its the last-chance Texaco or the Sinclair dinosaur winking in the distance, the beckoning Shell, or the winged Mobil horse, its here in all its small-town glory of compact architecture, inspired promotions, art deco pumps, and endless views of the American horizon. Soft cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Gas Pump Collector's Guide
Stock #: 23004
Author: S BENJAMIN
List Price: $29.95
Karen's Price:
$27.95
Antique gas pumps are enjoying increasing popularity among gas and oil memorabilia collectors. Here Benjamin and Henderson offer todays collectors tips on how to collect pumps and where to find them, plus authenticity information and details on restoring and displaying them. Directory listings include a brief history of each known manufacturer, plus a listing of models produced, dates, rarity ratings and price ranges. Soft cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Ghost Towns of Northern California
Stock #: 99005
Author: Varney
List Price: $19.95
Karen's Price:
$18.95
Ghost Towns of Northern California provides background on the Gold Rush of 1849 and later strikes, as well as comprehensive information on more than 50 towns and sites--from out-of-the-way Campo Seco and New Idria to popular sites such as Coloma and Bodie. With chapters arranged by region and tons of travel information and maps, visitors will find this pictorial guide makes traveling the area a breeze. Soft cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest
Stock #: 99006
Author: Philip Varney
OUT OF PRINT
The Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating historic ghost towns, mining camps, fishing villages, lumber towns, and historic forts of Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. With intriguing anecdotes, current travel information, maps, and outstanding color and historical photographs, this thoroughly practical book serves as both a fascinating history of the Northwest and British Columbia and a trustworthy travel guide to the region’s ghost towns. Soft cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Highway 61 Revisited
Stock #: 89004
Author: Tim Steil
OUT OF PRINT
Unlike Route 66, Highway 61 - running 1,699 miles through the nation - is a much truer cross-section of American heritage and geography. From the Deep South, to the North Shore of Lake Superior, this book is organized into three parts - Louisiana to Memphis, Memphis to Wisconsin, and Wisconsin to Canada. 200 photos. Hard Cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66
Stock #: 89009
Author: Peter B. Dedek
List Price: $19.95
Karen's Price:
$18.95
Historic U.S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians and cowboys of the southwest, the “Okies” of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined autos from the 1940s to the 1970s. 208 pages. 35 B&W photos. Soft Cover.
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Subject: Travel
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Lincoln Highway: America's First Coast-to-Coast Road
Stock #: 16432
Author: Brian Burko
List Price: $39.95
Karen's Price:
$36.95
The Lincoln Highway preceded Route 66 by a dozen years, runs a third longer than that famed highway, and crosses the country from Atlantic to Pacific (through 14 states). Includes 300 color and 100 B&W photos. Hard Cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Lost America
Stock #: 740225
Author: Paiva
OUT OF PRINT
Lost America is a book about the abandoned roadside west. It includescolor photos with history about drive-ins, diners, junkyards, route 66, motels, miracle miles, salton sea, filling stations and more!! more»
Subject: Travel
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Lost Hotels on California's Historic Ridge Route
Stock #: 13570
Author: Harrison Irving Scott
List Price: $21.95
Karen's Price:
$20.95
The Old Ridge Route built in 1915 from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley connecting with Highway 138. Includes 100 photos some of which have never been published before. Covers Hotel Lebec, the Gorman Hotel, Sandberg's Summit Hotel, the National Forest Inn, the Tumble Inn and the French Village in Newhall. Known as the Road that United California. A fascinating book of an early California road. Soft Cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture
Stock #: 13022
Author: Chester H. Liebs
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$24.95
Chester Liebs traces the transformation of commercial development as it has moved from centralized main streets, out along the street car lines, to form the "Miracle Miles" and shopping malls of today. He also explores the evolution of roadside buildings, from supermarkets and motels to automobile showrooms and drive-in theaters. Both an historical survey and invaluable guide for reading highway landscapes. Soft Cover. more»
Subject: Travel
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Mining in the Old West
Stock #: 12578
Author: Sandor Demlinger
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$29.95
The 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in northern California set off a mining explosion that hastened the development of the American West. This new book gathers historic photos of mining in the Old West including photos of the miners, the saloons, the shafts, the tools & machinery designed to mine the gold. Over 300 B&W photos. Soft Cover. more»
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