America's 5 and 10 Cent Stores The Kress Legacy

Name: America's 5 and 10 Cent Stores The Kress Legacy
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ISBN: 9780471181958

ISBN-10: 0471181951

ISBN-13: 9780471181958

Edition: 1997

Authors: National Building Museum Staff, Bernice L. Thomas

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A nationwide look at the American icons of yesterday2s main streets Several generations ago America saw itself through Norman Rockwell paintings and a small town civic identity. This book captures that spirit with a detailed look into the Kress Five and Dime stores that dotted many Main Streets from 1900 through the 1950s. These stores were meeting places, sidewalk centerpieces, and eventually part of the fiber of many towns. The Kress legacy survives in over 260 buildings in 27 states, pictured here in over 180 photographs and 16 color prints. Describes a variety of commercial architectural styles popular in the early 20th century Indexed by state/location, architect, and building…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Kress and Dime-Store Architecture


Beginnings


Grand Allusions


Kress Modernism


New York/Fifth Avenue


Building to the End


Conclusion


Notes


Kress Store Locations


Index