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