Car Hops and Curb Service: A History of American Drive-In Restaurants 1920-1960

by Jim Heimann

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Travel back to the heyday of the American drive-in restaurant--complete with swinging ponytails, shiny new automobiles, and the aroma of French fries drifting through unrolled car windows. Beginning with the original Texas Pig Stand of 1921, this evocative compendium cruises through 40 years of drive in culture, tracing the history of roadside restaurant architecture and the people who created it. Engagingly illustrated with historical photographs...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0811811158

ISBN13:9780811811156

Release Date:March 1996

Publisher:Chronicle Books

Length:128 Pages

Weight:1.27 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

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