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Parking cars in America, 1910-1945 : a history / Kerry Segrave.

Fine Arts Library TL175 .S44 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Segrave, Kerry, 1944-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Parking facilities--United States--History.
Parking facilities.
Automobile parking--United States--History.
Automobile parking.
History.
United States.
Physical Description:
v, 194 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]
Summary:
"This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the automobile problem--storage--from 1910 to the end of World War II, contrasting the reality and perception of parking as found in the pages of the popular newspapers and magazines of that period, covering early bans on street parking, street widening, parking lots, garages, meters"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Banning begins
Other measures
The general problem and solutions
Garages
Parking lots
Other facilities
Parking meters, the first two years
Parking meters, part 2
The general problem and solutions, 1945-1950
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780786470075
0786470070
OCLC:
770876293

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