Signs, streets, and storefronts : a history of architecture and graphics along America's commercial corridors /
Treu, Martin,1957-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The making of Main Street : transformation and invention on the Commercial Frontier, 1700s-1899 -- The great blight way : electricity and reform from Main Street to City Center, 1900-1917 -- Visions and velocity : the Expansive Age of the automobile, 1918-1928 -- Sign as storefront : America discovers Modernism, 1929-1945 -- Landscapes of more and less : consequences of commercial freedom and restraint, 1946-1964 -- Rediscovering Main Street : retrenchment, repair, and reinvention, 1965-2010 -- Conclusion.
Signs and signboards
Roadside architecture
Cultural landscapes