John Margolies (1940–2016)
Auteur van Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of the Gas Station
Werken van John Margolies
Fun Along the Road: American Tourist Attractions - Another Amazing Album from America's Number One Roadside Observer (1998) 69 exemplaren
Blue Ribbon USA: Prizewinning Recipes from State and County Fairs (2007) — Fotograaf — 18 exemplaren
Pump and Circumstance: 30 Gas Station Postcards (Pump & Circumstance Postcard Book) (1995) 7 exemplaren
K & J Dairy, 11600 Livernois, Detroit, Michigan 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1940-05-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2016-05-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Pennsylvania (BA, MA)
- Beroepen
- author
photographer
lecturer - Organisaties
- Architectural Record
Architectural League of New York - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Wyeth Endowment for American Art
Alicia Patterson Foundation
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- Werken
- 22
- Leden
- 586
- Populariteit
- #42,792
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 6
- ISBNs
- 26
- Talen
- 1
- Favoriet
- 1
A bit disjointed, though. Some chapters are a bit long (24-30 pages), while others very short (4-10 pages). Transitions from one topic to another are not always obvious or clear. Overbalanced toward upstate New York attractions. Text is more allegorical and guess work, rather than historically researched and documented.
That said, however, it's a book by a photographer, not a historian. And it does contain some lovely images of quirky place from the West Coast, Midwest, Southeast, the South, and Northeast.… (meer)