Posts Tagged ‘20th century’
Oasis Gas Station
Oasis-Poster/Print by CollierGraphica Poster printing from Zazzle This graphic illustration of a very art deco looking stucco gas station is interesting because it depicts a place that was built in the 20th century, but not as vintage as you might expect. This old station was actually a prop for the movie, Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, a movie [...]
Route 66 Roys Motel Cafe
Roy's Motel & Cafe Sign Print by Nicholas Pitt This cool geometric sign is in Amboy, California. Over the course of the 20th century, this place on old Route 66 slowly became a ghost town, but being in the dessert, it's a well preserved ghost town. For more on the history of Roy's and Amboy, be sure to check out this link. Roy's grew [...]
Pelican Diner
Vintage Roadside Diner by YesterdayCafe View more prints & posters at zazzle.com This is a vintage postcard print of a diner that once stood in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Pelican Diner was a aluminum and steel mobile restaurant that sat on Gulf Boulevard for the last half of the 20th century. It opened in 1951 and closed in 2001. [...]
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam Print by Paul Vanzella Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, was constructed between 1931 and 1936. This was literally the heyday of the Art Deco movement. And it shows in the design of this old beauty. While the curved arch dam is all about function, look at the details on those intake towers! For a solid concrete dam, that's [...]
6 & 40 Motel Print
6 & 40 Motel Print by Marianne Luther Beautiful textured print of a motel in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The motel is so named because it's on Route 6 and Route 40 in Colorado. The sign itself is an excellent example of Googie architecture. While I couldn't find any information on the age of this hotel, based on the design of the sign, [...]
1957 GMC Truck
1957 GMC Truck Print by James Howe A classic model GMC Truck in detail. Obviously lovingly restored with bright chrome and shiny turquoise paint. This old beauty has probably been loved more in its second life than when it was a work horse in the middle of the 20th century. The sleek lines of automobiles from this period may not [...]
Classic New York City Cab
Vintage NYC Checkered Cab Detail by Sherri Jackson A really warm nostalgic shot of the classic taillights of a classic New York City icon, the yellow taxicab complete with the trademark Checkers! This style of cab is as closely associated with NYC as the black cabs are with London. They were produced through most of the 20th century. Most [...]
Rolleiflex Pop Art
Rolleiflex Pop Art by Jean-Francois Dupuis The 20th century is when cameras really found their way into the hands of the masses. Camera technology in 1900 versus 2000 couldn't be further apart, but there's still a lot of love for the early technology. Rolleiflex was a high end and long running camera line from a German company, Rollei. [...]
Bender’s Restaurant – Canton, Ohio
Good Food by image_americana Browse other Neon Posters Bender's Restaurant has been in downtown Canton, Ohio, since 1902. It's obvious that the simple but fun neon sign in this poster is comparably newer but still firmly in the 20th century when neon signs landed on the stage. If a restaurant has stayed in business over 100 years, it seems [...]
Sagrada Família Cathedral
Cathedrals: Sagrada Família, Barcelona by vladstudio Browse more Artsprojekt Posters Construction on the Sagrada Família Cathedral (Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família) in Barcelona began in 1882 under the helm of Spanish Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí, who was a member of the Art Nouveau modernist movement. Art Nouveau occupied a very [...]