Gas, Food, and Lodging

by John Baeder

Book Overview

Baeder, an artist and author of Diners, here chronicles America's prewar highway culture with reproductions of postcards, many of which are photocards and linen cards. He also tells stories about the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896593223
• ISBN13: 9780896593220
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

The BEST book on Roadside Americana

Oh my. This book is wonderful. I have been a collector of postcards for 25 years of my hometown. I was just becoming interested in Roadside Americana (Gas Stations, Motels, Restaurants, and odd roadside attractions) from the 1920s to the early 1960s when I discovered Baeder's book in the 1980s. I bought it and immediately became addicted to Roadside postcards.This book is out-of-print now, but if you ever have a chance of buying the book...- buy it!! And what a great artist Baeder is. Some of his Roadside paintings are in the book also.j.k.