Martin Garfinkel, of the Roadside Gallery of Americana in Carbondale, Colorado, has generously donated four of his works to the SCA for auction at the Southwest Detours conference in Albuquerque.  His gallery presents a nostalgic look at the colorful Americana road signs and folk art quickly disappearing from America’s highways. A sneak preview is offered below. Come bid at the conference!

 
SCA member Brian Anderson recently gifted our organization with a very generous donation—two art works created by his late father, Warren Anderson. These two pieces will be part of a silent auction at the Albuquerque conference with proceeds going to the SCA. Warren was a Professor of Art at the University of Arizona for many years, the author of Vanishing Roadside America, and a long-time SCA member. He excelled in several artistic mediums, including prismatic pencil drawings of vintage roadside signs executed in the manner of the old, high-chrome, linen-textured, bordered postcards. Both of the donated works are in this style.

One of the silent auction works is “Delaware Auto Court,” a 9-by-15 inch rendering of the sign which long ago advertised the roadside lodge located at the junction of U.S. Route 13 and U.S. 40 in New Castle, Delaware. Included with this drawing is a separate, 10-by-8 inch collage featuring a historic postcard from the same auto court.

All Lincoln Highway and/or gas pump fans in particular will enjoy Anderson’s second donated piece, an image of which will appear in the summer issue of the SCA News. The second of the silent auction works is “Lincoln Highway Gas Pump,” a 15-by-9 inch prismatic pencil drawing executed in the manner of the old, high-chrome, linen-textured, bordered postcards.

Start planning your bidding strategies now!

ALBUQUERQUE - SEPTEMBER 10-13, 2008

REGISTER BY MAIL

Simply download the registration form and submit it with payment (check or money order to "SCA"):   

SCA Conference c/o Carol Ingald
2042 Glendale Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19152

REGISTER ONLINE

Please go directly to the registration page. 

CONFERENCE DETAILS 

Conference Schedule, Lodging, and Travel details

Conference Papers and Presenters

For more information about the conference, places to stay, or cool things to see along the way, contact the conference organizers at greg.smith@thc.state.tx.us. 

This just in…

In spite of its designation as a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board, the former Denny’s that stood at the corner of 15th Avenue NW and NW Market Street came down today, thanks the board’s recent reversal of its February decision.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008014363_webdennys24m.html

Photos of the sad affair:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2008014446.html

Getting all fired up and ready to go to Albuquerque?

Here’s a little vintage inspiration for you to hit the road:

http://www.highwayhost.org/NewMexicoSCA/newmexicopostcards.htm

Click here to read Kevin Hamm’s entire article on denver.yourhub.com

Click here to visit Richard Talley’s "Smalltown America" web site

If you’re an active SCA member, click here to go to the Members Only area. The directory was recently updated and now includes an index for areas of interest!

Just in time for a relaxing read on the beach comes the Spring 2007 issue in which Guy Carwile investigates the Borden’s Ice Cream store in Lafayette, Louisiana while Virginia Price digs into the past looking at the reconstructed fort Rosalie in Natchez, Mississippi. Columnists Larry Cultrera, Diane DeBlois, Pete Phillips and Beth Savage bring new insights into diners, ephemera, signs and historic preservation.To order additional copies of this issue, please visit the SCA Store.

SCA is pleased to announce that its members can now subscribe at a significant discount to American Road, the leading magazine dedicated to roadside culture! If you’re an SCA member and have been procrastinating about subscribing to this informative and richly illustrated quarterly, here is your opportunity. For more information, click here. If you’re not an SCA member, join today!

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