Portrait Of Route 66
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Portrait Of Route 66
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Author : T. Lindsay Baker
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Portrait Of Route 66 written by T. Lindsay Baker and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these postcards with colorful images served as advertisements for roadside businesses. While cherished by collectors, these postcard depictions do not always reflect reality. They often present instead a view enhanced for promotional purposes. Portrait of Route 66 lets us see for the first time the actual photographs from which the postcards were made, and in describing how the production process worked, introduces us to an extraordinary archival collection, adding new history to this iconic road. The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, held at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, contains one of the nation’s largest collections of Route 66 images, including thousands of job files for postcards produced by Curt Teich and Company of Chicago. T. Lindsay Baker combed these files to choose the best examples of postcards and their accompanying photographs not only to reflect well-known sites along the route but also to demonstrate the relationships between photographs and their resulting postcards. The photographs show the reality of the locations that customers sometimes wanted "improved" for aesthetic purposes in creating the postcards. Such alterations included removing utility poles or automobile traffic and rendering overcast skies partly cloudy. This book will interest historians of art and design as well as the worldwide audiences of Route 66 aficionados and postcard collectors. For its mining of an invaluable and little-known photographic archive and depiction of high-quality photographs that have not been seen before, Portrait of Route 66 will be irresistible to all who are interested in American history and culture.
Portrait Of Route 66
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Author : T. Lindsay Baker
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Portrait Of Route 66 written by T. Lindsay Baker and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these postcards with colorful images served as advertisements for roadside businesses. While cherished by collectors, these postcard depictions do not always reflect reality. They often present instead a view enhanced for promotional purposes. Portrait of Route 66 lets us see for the first time the actual photographs from which the postcards were made, and in describing how the production process worked, introduces us to an extraordinary archival collection, adding new history to this iconic road. The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, held at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, contains one of the nation’s largest collections of Route 66 images, including thousands of job files for postcards produced by Curt Teich and Company of Chicago. T. Lindsay Baker combed these files to choose the best examples of postcards and their accompanying photographs not only to reflect well-known sites along the route but also to demonstrate the relationships between photographs and their resulting postcards. The photographs show the reality of the locations that customers sometimes wanted "improved" for aesthetic purposes in creating the postcards. Such alterations included removing utility poles or automobile traffic and rendering overcast skies partly cloudy. This book will interest historians of art and design as well as the worldwide audiences of Route 66 aficionados and postcard collectors. For its mining of an invaluable and little-known photographic archive and depiction of high-quality photographs that have not been seen before, Portrait of Route 66 will be irresistible to all who are interested in American history and culture.
American Route 66
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
American Route 66 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Historic sites categories.
Featuring powerful portraits and beautiful colour images with poignant and often humorous interviews, this is a contemporary portrait of America's first highway. It documents how the heritage of Route 66 is reflected in the current conditions and rhythms of life and portrays a fresh spin on local folklore and Americana.
My Great Escape
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Author : Conni Freestone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
My Great Escape written by Conni Freestone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Glamour photography categories.
A collection of self-portraits along Route 66.
Hip To The Trip
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Author : Peter B. Dedek
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2007-04-16
Hip To The Trip written by Peter B. Dedek and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-16 with History categories.
Dedek paints a complex portrait of America's most famous highway.
Route 66 Remembered
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Author : Michael Karl Witzel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Route 66 Remembered written by Michael Karl Witzel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Travel categories.
Interstates have largely replaced the old Route 66, "the Mother Road" that was the main connector between Chicago and Los Angeles for so many years. In this richly illustrated portrait of the old route, Witzel showcases an amazing variety of diners, motels, roadside attractions, and pictureesque scenery, plus historical photos, contemporary shots of now defunct locations, and period ads. 200 photos, 125 in color.
Route 66
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Author : Jim Hinckley
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Route 66 written by Jim Hinckley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Route 66
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Author : Michael Wallis
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 1990
Route 66 written by Michael Wallis and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Travel categories.
Tells the story of the legendary road, Route 66, begun in the early 1920s that covered 2400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Route 66
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Author : Quinta Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Route 66 written by Quinta Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Business & Economics categories.
Uses oral history and photography as the basis for a human study of the country's most famous road.
A Route 66 Companion
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Author : David King Dunaway
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
A Route 66 Companion written by David King Dunaway and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace—all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America’s insatiable westering urge culminated in Route 66, the highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route 66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned Route 66 into a bylane, it still draws travelers from around the world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route 66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to present a literary historical portrait of America’s most storied highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the first time, honor the varied cultures—Native American, Mexican American, and African American, as well as Anglo—whose experiences run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So put the top down, set the cruise control, and “make that California trip” with A Route 66 Companion.
