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Car Hops and Curb Service: History of American Drive-in Restaurants, 1920-60

Car Hops and Curb Service: History of American Drive-in Restaurants, 1920-60

by JimHeimann (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

    $14.33
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 125
 Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 01 May 1996
ISBN 10: 0811811158
ISBN 13: 9780811811156

Media Reviews
...a delightfully campy array of menus, postcards, and photographs to illustrate the rise and fall of the drive-in restaurant...Los Angeles Times

--Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1996
Heimann has collected a delightfully campy array of menus, postcards and photographs to illustrate the rise and fall of the drive-in restaurant. The phenomenon began during the second decade of the 20th century and peaked during the '30s, '40s and early '50s. With its vast road system, warm weather and automobile culture, L.A. became the de facto capital of drive-in culture. Alas, only a few drive-ins survive.

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