Signs, Streets, and Storefronts: A History of Architecture and Graphics Along America’s Commercial Corridors
Entry/Object ID
2013.002.007
Description
Addresses more than 200 years of signs and place-marking along America's commercial corridors. Follows design developments into the present and explores issues of historic preservation. Includes mentions of Charleston commercial buildings and historic preservation.
xii, 384 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Library
Acquisition
Accession
2013.002.
Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2013)
Acquisition Method
Found in Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Signs and signboards--United States, Storefronts--United States, Roadside architecture--United States, Cultural landscapes--United States, Commercial buildings--United States
Book Details
Author
Treu, Martin, 1957-
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Place Published
Location
Baltimore, MD
Date Published
2012
Call No.
NA6225 .T74 2012
ISBN
9781421404943
LCCN
2011047322
Location
Location
Building
Missroon Library
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
General Notes
Note
Notes: By Martin Treu.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provided by author per terms of Permission to Publish (photo of 186 King Street, p. 159).
