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The Society for Commercial Archeology (SCA) has initiated the donation of our archives to Alexander Architectural Archives, Architecture & Planning Library at The University of Texas at Austin. Students began processing the many pieces as school work during the fall 2017 semester.
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NO. 1: Lincoln Motor Court 5104 Lincoln Highway Mann's Choice, PA History: Constructed between 1938 and 1941, the Lincoln Motor Court is one of the most iconic remaining resources along the Lincoln Highway, the country’s first transcontinental highway. The complex consists of 12 cottages arranged in a “U” around the owner’s residence and motor court office.
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What is commercial archeology? SCA Board of Directors Co-Vice President, Raina Regan, gets asked that a lot. Here’s what she says: When I mention I’m currently on the board of directors for the Society for Commercial Archeology, I often get a lot of blank stares or questioning glances. “What exactly is Commercial Archeology?” they might ask.
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A 2013 interview by Nelson James of Signs.com. A few days ago we posted my interview with Danielle Kelly from The Neon Museum in Las Vegas. During the interview she mentioned that I must reach out to the Society for Commercial Archeology. She said if you love the older, lesser know signs and buildings of America’s
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No. 1: White Springs Restaurant 30159 Klein Brewery Road >McGregor, IA United States One of McGregor's biggest tourist attractions in 1933 was the white sand caves on the Klein Brewery property known today as the White Springs Supper Club. While the brewery operated, the caves were used for storing and cooling of the brew. They had
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No. 1: Airplane Filling Station 6829-6899 Clinton Highway Knoxville, TN37921 United States Located on the side of the busy Clinton Highway, northeast of Knoxville, the Airplane Filling Station catches the eye of passing motorists. Elmer and Henry Nickle built the plane-shaped gas station in 1930 along the newly widened U.S. 25 (Dixie Highway) with that just
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No. 1: Buckhorn Baths 5964 East Main Street Mesa, AZ United States Buckhorn Baths, a ten-acre oasis of palms, gardens and Spanish bungalows, sits along Mesa’s busy Main Street, a reminder of the town’s former life as a desert resort community. Closed for over a decade, future restoration and reuse of the property is growing less
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