SCA WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW: October 27, 2024
Americana
ZOOM RECORDING: The Cave Painters of Schoharie County with Ronald Ladouceur
Recorded November 6, 2024: Since 1929, Secret Caverns in Schoharie County, New York, has played second fiddle to its far more famous show cave neighbor, Howe Caverns. Join us on a journey into the imaginings of the key artists responsible for the attraction’s fabled billboards – three small town kids with no formal artistic training who matured into psychedelic Picassos of outsider art. Watch Recording
Vintage Georgia Signs and Lost Attractions of Georgia
Vintage Georgia Signs
By Tim Hollis
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2024
Softcover, 160, 26.99
Lost Attractions of Georgia
By Tim Hollis
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2021
Softcover, 144, 23.99
Reviewed by Peter Glaser
With a staggering 40 books under his belt, Birmingham native Tim Hollis is a veritable publishing industry. Having written on a diverse range of subjects, his focus is generally divided between pop culture history and explorations of Southeastern regional tourism. Hollis first caught my attention with the publication of his second book, the fantastic Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun (University Press of Mississippi, 1999). In it, he celebrates Southern “home-grown theme parks and whimsical roadside showplaces” before the arrival of Orlando’s Disney World in 1971. Since its publication, he has written several books in the roadside realm exploring Florida springs, Rock City, Stuckey’s, theme parks, and Birmingham department stores.