Car hops and curb service : a history of American drive-in restaurants, 1920-1960 / Jim Heimann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heimann, Jim, 1948-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drive-in restaurants--United States--History.

Drive-in restaurants.

History.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Heimann, Jim, 1948- (autograph) (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Brown, Andreas (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1996]

Summary:

From the early 1920s to the late 1950s, the American drive-in restaurant was the social arena for the young and old alike. Swinging ponytails, shiny new automobiles, and the aroma of French fries drifting through unrolled car windows heralded a new freedom for American consumers. Since the original Texas Pig Stand of 1921, the drive-in has become an all-American icon. A fascinating cultural and historical commentary on the first half of the twentieth century, Car Hops and Curb Service documents the drive-in's unique architectural contribution to the American landscape - and serves up a delicious look back at a vital period filled with verve and style.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-126) and index.

Local Notes:

Blank Collection copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy signed by the author, dated 1/96.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. inscription from the author to Andreas Brown: "To Andy With much gratitude for your generous contribution to my book Let's eat! Best Jim Heimann".

ISBN:

0811811158

OCLC:

32821063