Ephemera: Harnessing Buffalo
The image-makers of Buffalo didn’t let natural history interfere with excellent branding potential, particularly for the Pan American Exposition of 1901.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Good-Bye Pennsylvania 6-5000
When New York City’s Hotel Pennsylvania opened in 1919 it was the largest hotel in the world, with 2,200 rooms each with its own private bathroom, then an unprecedented amenity for a hotel of this scale.
JOURNAL SNEAK PEEK: The Road to Ruin
By Eric Schaefer: More than any other form of motion picture, exploitation movies developed a symbiotic relationship with American road culture over some five decades in the mid-20th century.