Journal Directory

• Tania Werbizky, "Gates’ Diner Saga"
• Brian A. Butko, "Lincoln Highway Returns to the Spotlight"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Pete Phillips, "1991 Annual Meeting and Tour of ‘Big D’"
• "Settlement Awarded in Case of Lost Coke Signs"
• Book Reviews:
  • James J. Fink, The Automobile Age
  • Albert D. Manchester, Trails Begin Where Rails End: Early-Day Motoring Adventures in the West and Southwest
  • Michael Vinson, Motoring Tourists and the Scenic West, 1903-1948
• "Highway Reports"

Vol 12:1 (Winter 1991-2)

• Pig Stands

Vol 12:2 (Fall 1992)

• Tourist Courts
• Route 66

• Diners

• Kathleen Kelly Broomer, "Shoppers World and the Regional Shopping Center in Greater Boston"
• Bad Taste at 31st Birthday for Flamingos" (reprinted from The Economist)
• Martha Carver, "Driving the Dixie: The Development of the Dixie Highway Corridor"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Patricia Leigh Brown, "In the City of Change, Is ‘Las Vegas Landmark’ an Oxymoron?"
• Tim Hollis and Dora Alabama, "Vintage Movie Palaces Restored in Birmingham"
• Tim Hollis and Dora Alabama, "Early Electric Traffic Light in Lynn, MA"
• Book Reviews:
  • John Margolies and Emily Gwanthmey, Signs of Our Times
  • Jeffrey Tennyson, Hamburger Heaven: The Illustrated History of the Hamburger

Vol 13:2 (Spring-Summer 1995)

• David Gebhard, "Programmatic Architecture: An Introduction"
• Mike Bedeau and Jim Wilson, "Big Critters in the Upper Midwest"
• Michael Karl Witzel, "Ralph and Ernie’s Roadside Igloo"
• Douglas Towne, "The Mysteries of the Wandering Cactus Unearthed"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline: The Diner as an Art Form"
• Kevin J. Patrick, "The American Roadside Giant: Myth, Meaning and Cultural Identity"
• "Programmatic Architecture Around the States"
• Patricia Buckley, "Jumbo Oranges & Giant Lemons"

• Stuckey’s
• Goofy Golf
• Postwar Motels

• Ozark Trails
• Ocean Highway
• Yellowstone Trail

• Drive-in Theaters
• Car Washes
• Panoramic fold-out cover!

• National Parks
• Highway Bridges

• 20th Anniversary Issue
• Early Highways
  • Old Spanish Trail
  • Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway
  • Tamiami Trail

Vol 16:1 (Spring 1998)

• Kahiki Restaurant (Columbus, OH)
• Southern Cal. Tiki
• National Register

• Gary R. Mason and Sara Amy Leach, "The Redwood Highway: Ancient Trees and Tourist Bait"
• Jon Axline, "Montana’s Scenic U.S. Highway 91"
• Jon Axline, "Montana’s Highway Historical Markers"
• Martha Carver, "The Dixie Highway and Automobile Tourism in the South"
• Beth Savage, "The Federal View: The Register Goes West"
• Diane DeBlois, "Better Roads"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Shawmut Diner Goes Coast-to-Coast"
• Book Reviews:
  • Richard Longstreth, City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950
  • Kris Lackey, RoadFrames: The American Highway Narrative

• Kimberly Hinder, "View Points and Points of View: Florida’s Early Tourist Towers"
• Michael A. "Bert" bedeau, "Conference Report"
• Max J. Skidmore, "From Portland to Portland: The Theodore Roosevelt International Highway"
• Todd Croteau, "Documenting Park Roads & Parkways"
• Diane DeBlois, "Creating the Service Station"
• Larry Cultrera, "Historic Commission to Nominate Nine Diners to National Register"
• Book Review: Will Anderson, Where Have You Gone, Starlight Cafe?

• Bernice L. Thomas, "Bigger Than ‘The Real Thing:’ Giant Coca Cola Bottles"
• Christian W. Overland, "Celebrating Detroit: Assembling an Automobile National Heritage Area"
• Michael A. "Bert" Bedeau, "Aye Carumbus!!! SCA’s ‘Made in Ohio’ Conference"
• Suzanne and Archie Loss, "Highway 11 – Harrisonburg, VA"
• Diane DeBlois: Western Hotel Stationery"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "’Are We Having Fun Yet?’ Diners on the Comics Page"
• Book Reviews:
  • Tim Hollis, Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun
  • John Margolies, Fun Along the Road: American Tourist Attractions

• "Join Us In… Cool Colorado"
• Mella Rothwell Harmon, "Landrum’s: The Biggest Little Diner"
• Robert W. Hadlow, "The Columbia River Highway: America’s First Scenic Road"
• Beth Savage, "Milestones, Updates & Corrections"
• Diane DeBlois, "’Havin’ a Blast:’ Atomic Tourism"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Jill Livingston, That Ribbon of Highway I: Highway 99 from the Oregon Border ro the State Capital
  • Jill Livingston, That Ribbon of Highway II: Highway 99 from the State Capital to the Mexico Border
• Arthur Kim, "Childhood Roadsides"

Vol 18:2 (Fall 2000)

• Cuban car culture
• Roadside crosses
• Arizona motels

Vol 19:1 (Spring 2001)

• Isaly’s and the Klondike Bar
• TraveLodge
• Round Stone Station

Vol 19:2 (Fall 2001)

• Kimberly Hinder, "Publix: Where Shopping Was a Pleasure"
• John W. W. Mann, "Reins, Trains & Automobiles: Spokane’s Historic Transportation Corridor"
• Beth Savage, "From Lincoln to Eisenhower"
• Diane DeBlois, "Songs of the Road"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Harold J. Meeks, On the Road to Yellowstone: The Yellowstone Trail and American Highways
  • Brian Butko and Kevin Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania

Vol 20:1 (Spring 2002)

• Erik Berg, "Politics, Pavement, and Postcards: Arizona’s Superior-Miami Highway"
• Blythe Semmer, "Tourist Lodging in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Transition from Regional to National Style"
• Arthur Krim, "Mohawk Trail Rediscovered"
• Beth Savage, "NPS Route 66 Preservation Program"
• Diane DeBlois, "Auto Signaling"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Alan Hess and Andrew Danish, Palm Springs Weekend
  • Mark S. Foster, Castles in the Sand: The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher

Vol 20:2 (Summer 2002)

Vol 20:3 (Fall 2002)

• Peter Glaser, "Along Yonge Street to the Playground of America"
• Keith A. Sculle, "Mission Village in Imagined America"
• Beth Savage, "Federal View"
• Diane DeBlois, "A Roof Over the Car"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Roger B. White, Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America
  • Warren H. Anderson, Vanishing Roadside America

Vol 21:1 (Spring 2003)

• Katherine Fuller, "Myrtle Beach Music and Motels"
• Douglas C. Towne, "Sombreros, Tequila & Sin: Tourist Districts of Mexican Border Towns"
• Beth Savage, "From Carthage to Cuba: More Missouri Roadside Resources Join the National Register Ranks"
• Diane DeBlois, "Traffic Safety"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Lisa Mahar, American Signs: Form and Meaning on Route 66
  • Nathan Marask and Nigel Cox, Los Angeles Neon

Vol 21:2 (Summer 2003)

• Guy W. Carwile, "$2.50 and Up with Radio and Fan… The Hotel Palomar Courts"
• Stephanie Klavens, "The Art of the Movie Theatre: A Disappearing American Tradition"
• Beth Savage, "The Federal View"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Diane DeBlois, "Gas Station Vacations a la Carte"
• Larry Cultrera, "The Origin of Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Charles Phoenix, Southern California in the ’50s: Sun, Fun, Fantasy
  • Vance Lauderdale, Ask Vance: The Best Questions and Answers from Memphis Magazine’s History and Trivia Expert

Vol 22:1 (Spring 2004)

• Connie Torbeck, "The National Road & U.S. 40: Main Street of South Central Illinois"
• Anya Rao, "The Landscape of Spinning Sombreros & Electrified Teepees: Restoring New Mexico’s Route 66 Signs"
• Beth Savage, "More Exemplary Diners – and a Dinor – Join the National Register Ranks"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Diane DeBlois, "Turnpike Acceptance"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Jeff Brouws and others, Readymades: American Roadside Artifacts
  • Jim Heimann, ed., Las Vegas: Vintage Graphics from Sin City

• Archie Loss, ed., "A Trip Across the Country, July 1933: A Journal by Lourene Vail"
• Keith A. Sculle, "A Bit of the South Florida Roadside Transplanted: Allan W. Davis, Sea Shells and Souvenirs"
• Beth Savage, "By the Side of the Road: Roadside Markers"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Diane DeBlois, "A Stitch in Time…"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Andrew F. Wood and Jenny L. Wood, Motel America
  • Leland and Crystal Payton, See the Ozarks The Touristic Image

• Cliff Leppke, "Vanishing Points: Phillips’ Postwar ‘New Look’ Service Stations"
• Annamary Fitzgerald, "Gospodor’s Monument: Roadside Reflections for a Better World"
• Beth Savage, "A Rural Roadhouse and Some Swingin’ Beach Motels"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Diane DeBlois, "Rubber on the Road"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • Curt McConnell, The Record-Setting Trips: By Auto from Coast to Coast, 1909-1916
  • Charles A Stansfield, Jr., Vacationing on the Jersey Shore

• Lyell Henry, "Accommodations for Colored"
• Gregory Smith, "Finest for Negroes: Lodging in Jim Crow Era Texas"
• Mella Rothwell Harmon, "500 Negro Housewives Annually: Reno’s African-American Divorce Trade"
• Frank Brusca, "Crisis on Route 40: How the U.S. Department of State Worked on the Domestic Front to Combat Whites-Only Policy in Public Accommodations"
• Diane DeBlois, "Nothing Plain at the Plains Motel"
• Beth Savage, "Segregation and Preservation"
• Pete Phillips, "Sign Lines"
• Larry Cultrera, "Diner Hotline"
• Book Reviews:
  • David Clements, Talking Shops: Detroit Commercial Folk Art
  • Peter Genovese, The Jersey Shore Uncovered: A Revealing Season at the Beach

• Douglas Towne, “The Eternal Roadtrip: The Art of Warren Anderson”
• Peter Glaser, “Oasis by the Lake: Toronto’s Motel Strip”
• Andrew Wood, “Motel Moderne”
• Diane DeBlois, “Death Valley Junction Oasis”
• Pete Phillips, “Sign Lines”
• Larry Cultrera, “Diner Hotline”
• Book Reviews
  • Brian and Sarah Butko, “Roadside Giants”
  • Abigail Gumbiner, Carol Hayden and Jim Heimann, “Vacant Eden: Roadside Treasures of the Sonoran Desert”

Vol. 24:2 (Fall 2006)

• Justin Gunther, “Mount Vernon: An Architectural Identity”
• Troy R. Lovata, “Iconic Torreons of the American Southwest”
• Beth Savage, “40th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act”
• Diane DeBLois, “Slept in a Wigwam Lately?”
• Pete Phillips, “Sign Lines”
• Arthur Krim, “Twisting the Night Away in Philly”
• Larry Cultrera, “Diner Hotline”
• Book Reviews
  • Yorke Rowan and Uzi Baram, eds., “Marketing Heritage: Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past”
  • Arthur Krim, “Route 66: Iconography of the American Highway”

Vol. 25:1 (Spring 2007)

• Guy W. Carwile, “It’s Got to Be Good”: Borden’s Ice Cream Store”
• Virginia B. Price, “Moonlit Miracles for the Tourist Trade: Reconstructing Fort Rosalie in Natchez”
• Beth L. Savage, “The Perfect Orange, Savannah, and Save-A-Landmark”
• Diane DeBlois, “California Hot Springs”
• Pete Phillips, “Sign Lines”
• Larry Cultrera, “Diner Hotline”
• Book Reviews
  • Carol Dawson and Carol Johnston, “House of Plenty: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby’s Cafeterias”
  • Lee Whiteley and Jane Whiteley, “The Playground Trail: The National Park-to-Park Highway: To and Through the National Parks of the West in 1920”
  • Howard J. Erlichman, “Camino del Norte: How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas”
  • Daniel Francis, “A Road for Canada: The Illustrated Story of the Trans-Canada Highway”
  • David W. Monaghan, “Canada’s ‘New Main Street’: The Trans-Canada Highway as Idea and Reality 1912-1956”