California crazy : roadside vernacular architecture / Jim Heimann & Rip Georges ; with an introduction by David Gebhard.

Main entry:

Heimann, Jim, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

California crazy : roadside vernacular architecture / Jim Heimann & Rip Georges ; with an introduction by David Gebhard.

Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1980]
©1980

Description:

139 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.
Also issued online.
Library copy 1: ownership stamp of Universal City Studios, Research Department.
Library copy 2 (variant): reprinted in 1985 by Dai Nippon, Tokyo.

Summary:

"Shows gas stations, cafes, businesses, and roadside stands in California designed to look like giant animals, machinery, and objects, as well as foreign architecture."-- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

0877011710 (paperback)
9780877011712 (paperback)

Subject:

Vernacular architecture California.
Roadside architecture California.
Mimetic architecture California.
Architecture California History.
Restaurants California.
Architecture Californie 20e siècle.
Architecture Californie.
Architecture vernaculaire Californie.
Restaurants Californie.
Constructions des abords de route Californie.
Architecture Californie Histoire.
Architecture.
Mimetic architecture.
Restaurants.
Roadside architecture.
Vernacular architecture.
Architecture California 20th century
Architecture California
California.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Georges, Rip, 1948- author.
Gebhard, David, writer of supplementary textual content.
Georges, Rip, 1948-
Gebhard, David
Provenance. University City Studios. Research Dept. Ownership stamp.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 113654
Call No.: NA730.C2H4 1980
Status: Available

Location: Library main 212526
Call No.: NA730.C2 H4 1980
Status: Available

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