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- Tek Lounge A-Go-Go Sign, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1982 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1982
- Collections - Artifact
Tek Lounge A-Go-Go Sign, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1982
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- Miss Florence Diner/Alexander's Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge Paper Cup, Florence, Massachusetts, 1968-1981 -
- 1968-1981
- Collections - Artifact
Miss Florence Diner/Alexander's Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge Paper Cup, Florence, Massachusetts, 1968-1981
- Spring Lake Hotel Cocktail Lounge, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. Spring Lake, a popular oceanfront resort area in Monmouth County, New Jersey, since the turn of the 20th century, sported both fancy and modest hotels.
- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Spring Lake Hotel Cocktail Lounge, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. Spring Lake, a popular oceanfront resort area in Monmouth County, New Jersey, since the turn of the 20th century, sported both fancy and modest hotels.
- 606 Horse Shoe Lounge Sign, 1960-1975 - The 606 Horse Shoe Bar was the last remaining nightclub from Detroit's legendary Paradise Valley--the center of Detroit's African American community during the 1930s and 1940s. This tight-knit and lively neighborhood teemed with clubs, theaters and dance halls where African American musicians and singers lit up the night. Beginning in the 1950s, urban renewal projects would scatter the residents of this community.
- 1960-1975
- Collections - Artifact
606 Horse Shoe Lounge Sign, 1960-1975
The 606 Horse Shoe Bar was the last remaining nightclub from Detroit's legendary Paradise Valley--the center of Detroit's African American community during the 1930s and 1940s. This tight-knit and lively neighborhood teemed with clubs, theaters and dance halls where African American musicians and singers lit up the night. Beginning in the 1950s, urban renewal projects would scatter the residents of this community.