"A book which tells the story of the American billboard in detail, reproducing a selection of vintage photographs in a special billboard-shaped format."
Children's authors and illustrators A guide to manuscript collections in United States research libraries (Phaedrus bibliographic series) by JamesHowardFraser, Rene I. Weber Hardcover, 119 Pages, Published 1980 by K.G. Saur ISBN-13: 978-0-89664-950-7, ISBN: 0-89664-950-4
"Tells the story of the American billboard in scale and detail. This review of American roadside advertising over the past 100 years presents a selection of vintage photographs."
"A book which tells the story of the American billboard in detail, reproducing a selection of vintage photographs in a special billboard-shaped format."
"Twelve papers presented at a 1976 symposium sponsored by the School of Library Science, Simmons College, with an introduction by the editor. Bookplate of Doris Frohnsdorff loosely inserted. ix+ i , 209, 3 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo.."
"Published in 1996 by Chronicle Books in paperback, 132pp, ISBN 0811805093, this is a lovely full colour publication from front to back cover: with enticing visuals and a fascinating text; it is in fact the first book to examine an often ignored and overlooked period of graphic design. From the late 1920s to the mid-1930s, Japan was a burgeoning industrial state with a growing consumer culture that relied increasingly on commercial art t ..."
"For graphic artists, industrial engineers, and anyone with an interest in the evolution of modern advertising icons, product packaging, and marketing principles, "Streamline: American Art Deco Graphic Design" offers a fascinating glimpse into a formative era of the American commercial arts."