Traces of Forgotten Places: An Artist's Thirty-Year Exploration and Celebration of Texas, as It Was

by Don Collins and T. Lindsay Baker

Book Overview

For more than half a century, Austin artist Don Collins crisscrossed Texas looking for traces of the past. Most often he has found them in a variety of old buildings. Drawings of these places, thirteen a year, appeared for three decades in popular calendars issued in Austin by the Miller Blueprint Company. The publications themselves have become collectors' items.In order to prepare his annual calendars, Don frequented less-traveled byways and often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875653618
• ISBN13: 9780875653617
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Don Collins is the best

My daughter-in-law is one of Don's daughters. I have collected the calendars for 15+ years and have some of his original art works and attended some of his art shows over the years. I am so pleased to have this book published. Linda

An interesting trip into the past...

Whether you are old enough to remember Model T Fords or young enough to understand the Blue Berry, you will find this book the most exacting record of the past and the most interesting to follow through. These drawings of Don Collins are not only facinating but authenic. This book will be the most read on your coffee table. Sam Harris, 3232 Hwy 29E, Burnet TX 78611

Excellent Service

A difficult book to locate, but seller went out of the way to find it for us and kept us informed during the process. Book arrived shortly in beautiful condition. It's a lovely book, worth the trouble and the wait. Thank you!