Car Hops and Curb Service: A History of American Drive-In Restaurants 1920-1960
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Car Hops and Curb Service: A History of American Drive-In Restaurants 1920-1960
Book Details
- Author
- Jim Heimann
- Publisher
- Brand: Chronicle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Photography & Video
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780811811156
- ISBN-10
- 0811811158
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ISBN: 0811811158
Author: Heimann, Jim
Condition: New
Travel back to the heyday of the American drive-in restaurantcomplete 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 lotor wished they had.
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