Taking their name from an amalgamation of the words motor and hotel, motels were conceived in the 1920s as roadside lodges for motorists who increasingly set out on vacations by car. As such, the motels development has largely paralleled that of the automobile. Michael Karl Witzel examines the evolution, architecture and decor of the motel in all its forms.

The American Motel

Politics & Social Sciences

Witzel, Michael Karl

Social Sciences

Motorbooks Intl

While traveling to diners across the U.S., author Michael Karl Witzel assembled a heaping mound of history and a plate-full of colour photography that celebrates and examines an American institutions architecture, memorabilia, current restoration efforts, and role in pop culture.

The American Diner

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Route 66 Remembered

Interstates have largely replaced the old Route 66, "the Mother Road" that was the main connector between Chicago and Los Angeles for so many years. In this richly illustrated portrait of the old route, Witzel showcases an amazing variety of diners, motels, roadside attractions, and pictureesque scenery, plus historical photos, contemporary shots of now defunct locations, and period ads. 200 photos, 125 in color.

Put on your chinos, comb back your hair, hop in your deuce coupe, crank up the radio, and prepare to cruise! This light-hearted look back at the social and cultural activity spawned by the automobile is filled with historical photographs, new color photos and specially commissioned artwork by artist Kent Bash. A lively text examines all aspects of this popular pasttime, including classic cruising venues like Detroits Woodward Avenue, street racing, cruisers versus the law, popular music, cinema and television.

Cruisin': Car Culture in America

History

Bash, Kent

Americas

A nostalgic trip back to the great drive-in restaurants of the 1950s and 60s.
Drive-ins from across the United States are featured in fascinating archival photography as well as new photos of still in-use restaurants. Illustrations include period advertising, memorabilia, juke boxes, great new photography, and historical shots. Witzel wrote the best-selling Gas Station Memories and The American Drive-In.

Drive-In Deluxe (Enthusiast Color Series)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Our best-selling book on American car culture is now available in this new paperback edition! The American Gas Station is a nostalgic history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. An exceptional chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia.

The American Gas Station: History and Folklore of Gas Stations in America

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

All aspects of bygone gas stations lore, from globe-topped pumps to long lines.

Gas Stations Coast to Coast

This book takes you on a tour of America's most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television shows, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia

The Drive-in Restaurant

MBI Publishing Co.

**NOW IN PAPERBACK** "Happy Days" hits and "American Graffiti" autos bring back fond memories of Americas drive-in restaurants. Take a unique look at the history, culture and folklore of the American drive-in throughout history in this fascinating book. It's filled with collectible drive-in memorabilia as well as photographs of famous drive-ins from yesterday and today. From waitresses on rollerskates to hot dogs and ice cream cones, The American Drive-In will have you rockin' around the clock!

The American Drive-In Restaurant (Motorbooks Classic)

Now available in paperback!!This incredible collection of historical photographs captures the reverence of all the attractions and towns of the Mother Road, Route 66. Noted author Michael Witzel spent years traveling Route 66 collecting mementos of life and folklore that make up the most famous road in America. His unmatched photography takes readers back to the attractions and towns as they were and offers a captivating view of them today. Here it is, the American highway past and present in Motorbooks' beautiful 10 x 10 format, the classic photographic essay of an American legend.

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Books by Witzel, Michael Karl

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The American Motel

The American Diner

Route 66 Remembered

Cruisin': Car Culture in America

Drive-In Deluxe (Enthusiast Color Series)

The American Gas Station: History and Folklore of Gas Stations in America

Gas Stations Coast to Coast

The Drive-in Restaurant

The American Drive-In Restaurant (Motorbooks Classic)

Route 66 Remembered