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SCA Journal Vol 30:2 (Fall 2012)

  • Douglas Towne, "Advertising Underfoot"
  • Mona Hadler, "The Demolition Derby:  Rites of Destruction"
  • Kaith A. Sculle, "The Sullivan Roadhouse – A First in the Last Frontier"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Ephemera: Touraide"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, " Sign Lines: American Sign Museum Grand Reopening"
  • Peter Glaser, "Northern Roadsides: The Lake Superior Circle Route"
  • Book Reviews
    • Bill Christman, author,  A Sign Painter’s Scrapbook, Volume 1 & 2
    • Richard Longstreth,   The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960
    • Lucille Carloftis, author,  A Beautiful Journey

 

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SCA Journal Vol 30:1 (Spring 2012)

  • Douglas Towne, "Shenanigans on the Sunkist Trail"
  • Lyell Henry, "Exposing the Motel Menace"
  • Donna Reiner, PhD, "Follow the Money: Mid-Century Modern Branch Banks in Phoenix"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Ephemera: Cash, Check or Credit"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, " Sign Lines: Pizza Chef Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Northern Roadsides: Roadside Bread Ovens of Quebec"
  • Book Reviews
    • Heather M. David, author, Mid-Century by the Bay
    • John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, authors, Remembering Roadside America: Preserving the Recent Past as Landscape and Place
    • John Heitmann, author, The Automobile and American Life

 

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SCA Journal Vol 29:2 (Fall 2011)

  • Douglas Towne, "Retro Done Right"
  • Peter B. Dedek, "From Cozy Cabin to Two Beds and a Television:  Progress and the Evolution of the Vernacular Motel Room, 1926-1970"
  • Michael Hirsch, "The Doo Wop Preservation League: Milestones in Mid-Century Modern Preservation"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Ephemera: Deadwood"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, " Sign Lines: Skating Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Northern Roadsides: Tropical North"
  • Book Reviews
    • Jeff L. Rosenheim, author,  Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard
    • Anne Mitchell Whisnant, author,  Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History

 

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SCA Journal Vol 29:1 (Spring 2011)

  • Douglas Towne, "Map Made Landscapes"
  • Guy W. Carwile, "Creating Paradise: The Jack Tar Hotel in Galveston"
  • Leslie Wolfenden-Guidry and Susan Lassell, "White Oak Grocery: Gas, Food & Western Swing"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Harnessing Buffalo"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Hot Dog Dogs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Space Age Sensations"
  • Book Reviews
    • Norman M. Giller and Sarah Giller Nelson, Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami Modernism
    • Robert O. Williams and Melinda M. Williams, Wildwood's Neon Nights and Motel Memories
    • Angelique Bamberg, Chatham Village: Pittsburgh's Garden City
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SCA Journal Vol 28:2 (Fall 2010)

  • Douglas Towne, "High Plains Drifter"
  • Lyell Henry, "Reaching for Fame on the Roadside: George Kern and his Petrified Ham"
  • Euan Hague, "More Imagined than Real: The Jefferson Davis Highway"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Gadsden Hotel, Queen of the Border"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Drive-In Theatre Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Did Someone Say 'Niagara Falls?'"
  • Book Reviews
    • John Margolies, photographer; Phil Patton, author; C. Ford Peatross, contributing author; Jim Heimann, editor, John Margolies: Roadside America: Architectural Relics from a Vanishing Past
    • John Londei, Shutting Up Shop: The decline of the traditional small shop
    • Shannon Sanders McDonald, The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form
    • Brian Butko, The Ship Hotel: Still a Grand View Along the Lincoln Highway
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SCA Journal Vol 28:1 (Spring 2010)

  • Douglas Towne, "Welcome Arches"
  • Mona Hadler, "Pontiac Hood Ornaments: Chief of the Sixes"
  • Michelle Begay, "Thar's Gold in them Foothills!  What a Motel Can Reveal About Postwar America"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Who Died in Grant's Cottage?"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Camera Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "TEXA-KOHL"
  • Douglas Towne, "Roadside Art of Jeffrey L. Neumann"
  • Book Reviews
    • John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, Motoring: The Highway Experience in America
Price$6.00

SCA Journal Vol 27:2 (Fall 2009)

  • Douglas Towne, "The Polar Issue"
  • Keith A. Sculle, "The Igloo: Alaska's Biggest Unfinished Roadside Attraction"
  • Keith A. Sculle, "The Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska"
  • Douglas Towne, "Maybe Christmas Wasn't Meant to Last All Year: The Rise and Fall of Santa Claus, Arizona"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Hitch Up to Luxury"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Penguins and Polar Bear Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "The Great White North"
  • Book Reviews
    • Jame Draeger and Mark Speltz, Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations
    • James T. Murray and Karla L. Murray, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York 
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SCA Journal Vol 27:1 (Spring 2009)

  • Douglas Towne, "A Retro Magic Carpet Ride"
  • Robert Autobee, "Vroom at the Top: The Short Life and Long Legacy of Denver's Big Top Stores"
  • Erika Nelson, "Dinsmoor as Creative Catalyst: 100 Years of the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Monuments to Legendary Horses"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "The Eternal Drip: Neon Plumbing Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Out-of-this-World Of-this-World"
  • Book Reviews
    • Kerry Segrave, Drive-In Theaters: A History from Their Inception in 1933
    • David W. Lewis, The Passion Pit: A Tribute to the Drive-In
Price$6.00

SCA Journal Vol 26:2 (Fall 2008)

  • Duane E. Churchill, "The Roadside Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright"
  • Archie Loss, ed., "The Travel Journal of Lourene Vail: The Trip Home, August-September 1933"
  • Beth Savage, "GSA Modernism"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Tourist Camp Stationery"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Donut Signs"
  • Peter Glaser, "Harry Oakman's Aerial Photography"
  • Book Reviews
    • Eric Dregni, Midwest Marvels: Roadside Attractions Across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin
    • Helen Tangires, Public Markets
    • Michael L. Berger, The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide
Price$6.00

SCA Journal Vol 26:1 (Spring 2008)

  • Douglas Towne, "Enchantment Beyond Route 66"
  • John W. Murphey, "The Real, the Fake, and the Tacky: The Evolution of the Tourist Trading Post Along New Mexico Route 66"
  • Douglas Towne, "The Lone Diagonal in a Grid Town: What's Grand About Grand Avenue"
  • Joanna Dowling, "Safety on the Interstate: The Architecture of Rest Areas"
  • Diane DeBlois, "Grants Goes Nuclear"
  • Debra Jane Seltzer, "Tucumcari Tonight"
  • Peter Glaser, "The 2400 Motel, Vancouver, B.C."
  • Book Reviews
    • Max J. Skidmore, Moose Crossing: Portland to Portland on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
    • Tom W. Williams, The Ghosts of Jungle Park: History, Myth, and Legend: The Story of a Place Like No Other
    • Peter B. Dedek, Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66
Price$6.00

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