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Nostalgic  Americana  Page

Automobile Brands Nostalgia Page The American Circus Pages Drive-In Theaters Page Fifties Culture Nostalgia Page American Food Traditions Page Movie Palaces Page Old Time Radio Page American Railroads Pages Roadside Americana Page Roadside Diners Page Route 66 Books Pages Surf Shack Page Surfing Woodies Page Tractors & Farm Equipment

on this page: Amusement Parks & Rides Baseball Bears, Beaver & Buffalo Dolls & Action Figures Life On The Farm Lighthouses, Barns & Bridges Nostalgic Media Railroads Rodeo Sailing Ships Square Dance Toys & Games

Some things are more American than others:
the standard 'Old Glory and Mom and apple pie and Sousa marches',
as well as this sampling of quintessential elements
of nostalgia for times gone by . . .

Collectibles / Americana catalog at Amazon

	"Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of The World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime" [1999] by Karen Plunkett-Powell St. Martin's Griffin 9x7 pb [7/2001] out of print/used St. Martin 9¼x7¼ hardcover [12/99] out of print/used
	"Downtown America: A History of The Place & The People Who Made It" [2004] by Alison Isenberg Univ Chicago Press 9x6½ pb [6/2005] for $22.50 Univ Chicago Press 8¾x6½ hardcover [7/2004] for $29.25
	"L.L. Bean: The Making of An American Icon" [2006] by Leon Gorman Harvard Business School Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $5.39 L.L. Bean [est. 1912] official website
	"The Curious History of Everyday Things: Fascinating Stories of Genius, Invention, and Accidental Discovery" [2012] from Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 9x6¼ pb [7/2012] out of print/used Reader's Digest pb [7/2012] out of print/used
	"From Main Street To Mall: The Rise and Fall of The American Department Store" [2015] by Vicki Howard Kindle Edition from Univ Pennsylvania Press [4/2015] for $19.22 Univ Pennsylvania Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2015] for $26.85
	"Shopping Mall (Object Lessons Series)" [2017]   by Matthew Newton Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury Academic [9/2017] for $9.99 Bloomsbury Academic 9x6¼ pb [9/2017] for $10.96

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Boy Scouts of America
John C. Campbell Folk School [est. 1925]
Electric Launch Co. [est. 1892] of Athens, NY
American Bowling Congress [est. 1895] now U.S. Bowling Congress [merger 2005] in Wisconsin

Woolrich Outdoor Clothing [est. 1830] in Woolrich, Pennsylvania
Plow & Hearth 'country living' catalog [est. 1980] based in Virginia

"Nostalgia ain't what it used to be."
NOT said by Yogi Berra, but by Peter De Vries [1910-93], in his 1959 novel "The Tent of Wickedness"

Nostalgic  Media

weekly newspaper supplement www.Parade.com
weekly newspaper supplement www.AmericanProfile.com based in TN
weekly newspaper supplement www.USAweekend.com

Spirit of America Bookstore's Old Time Radio Page

"Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations" [2001] by William B. Jones, Jr. A series of comic books based on American & other literature that began in 1941, continued thru the 1970s, with several recent attempts to restart publication of the various series. McFarland & Co. 2nd edition 11x8½ hardcover [8/2011] for $55.00 McFarland & Co.11½x8½ hardcover [11/2001] out of print/used more info on Spirit of America Bookstore's "Classics Illustrated" Comic Books Page

Good Old Days Magazine subscribe at Amazon 6 issues/year for $$17.95 magazine website

Looking Back Magazine As-of the Jan-Feb 2013 issue of Looking Back, subscriptions are merged into sister magazine Good Old Days {at left}

Reminisce Magazine subscribe at Amazon 7 issues/year for $17.98 magazine website

Movie  Palaces  &  Drive-In  Theaters

Movie Palaces Page at Magic Lantern

Drive-In Movie Theaters Page at Magic Lantern

see also Spirit of America Bookstore / American Food Traditions / Candy & Nuts & Gum Page
for candy like you had at the movies

Nostalgic Toys, Dolls & Games
This section, grown large, was cut to its own page in Summer 2018.
top of page • links • Toys Dept. • Dolls Dept. • Games & Puzzles Dept. • works about toys & games • movies & TV, other media • image gallery

Spirit of America Bookstore's Scale Model & Toy Trains Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's Monopoly™ Game Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Thomas the Tank Engine" Books & Toys & TV Pages

The  Circus    
this section also kept growing and was cut to its own page in 2013

top of page   •   brief history   •   books   •   movies & TV   •   stageplays, other media    •   toys & games   •
legendary circus people   •   American circuses   •   circus music   •   links

Spirit of America Bookstore's Circus Film Festival Pages

Spirit of America Bookstore's P.T. Barnum [1810-91] Page

Spirit of America Bookstore's Circus Fiction Page

American  Railroads

American Railroads Pages Railroad Film Festival Pages 'Railroads in Fiction' Pages Railroads in Fiction - Books For Young Railfans Page 'Non-Fiction Books About Railroads' Pages Scale Model & Toy Trains Page "Thomas the Tank Engine" Pages Travel U.S.A. / Railroad Museums Page G.E. Nordell's Arizona Travel / Railroads Links Page G.E. Nordell's California Travel / Railroads Links Page G.E. Nordell's Colorado Travel / Railroads Links Pages G.E. Nordell's Nevada Travel / Railroads Links Page G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Travel / Railroads Links Page G.E. Nordell's Utah Travel / Railroads Links Page

Baseball
"Baseball teaches some useful lessons: play by the rules, be part of the team, do your best,
learn from errors, enjoy the rewards."   —  Margaret Coel

this section also kept growing and was cut to its own page in 2013: click here

"Ken Burns's Baseball" mini-series [WETA/P.B.S. Sept 1994] 9 two-hour episodes; the nine 'innings' titles are "Our Game", "Something Like A War", "The Faith of Fifty Million People", "A National Heirloom", "Shadow Ball", "The National Pastime", "The Capital of Baseball", "A Whole New Ball Game", and "Home" – the 10th disk is called "Extra Innings"; Produced, written & directed by Ken Burns; narrated by Aidan Quinn; won Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series P.B.S. Home Video b&w/color DVD [10/2000] 10 disks - out of prodn/used P.B.S. Home Video b&w/color VHS [4/95] 9 tapes for $32.75 Nonesuch soundtrack CD [6/94] 31 tracks for $10.08 full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official site

Magic Lantern's Baseball Movies Film Festival Page

The  Rodeo
Bill Pickett Rodeo Tour
Professional Bull Riders Circuit [est. 1992]
National Western Stock Show & Rodeo [Jan 2013 = #107] in Denver, Colorado

Life  On  The  Farm

Spirit of America's Tractors & Farm Equipment Page

Ardenwood Historic Farm [est. 1978] in Fremont, California
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Vintage Woodworking Machinery [est. 2000] website

	"The Old Farmer's Almanac" [est. 1792] each annual issue is published in September softcover annual edition for $9.95 hardcover annual edition for $15.95 Canadian Edition for $25.73 company website
	"Plowman's Folly" [1943 bestseller] by Edward H. Faulkner Agronomist Faulkner was a controversial figure in his time but is now regarded as a pioneer of no-till and soil conservation practices. Kindle Edition from Univ Oklahoma Press [1/2015] for $10.49 Univ Oklahoma Press 8x5 pb [2/2012] for $16.95 Grosset & Dunlap 7½x5¼ hardcover [7/1943] out of print/used
	"Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories" [1946] Edited by David B. Greenberg, Introduction by Louis Bromfield [1896-1956] Greenberg Publng hardcover [1946] out of print/used 18 stories by authors Louis Bromfield (My Ninety Acres); Henry Exall; Harry G. Huse; Johannes V. Jensen; Roderick Lull; Angus McDonald; Mary King O'Donnell; George Sessions Perry; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (A Crop of Beans); O.E. Rolvaag; William Saroyan (Pomegranate Trees); Esther Shephard; Weldon Stone; Jesse Stuart (Squatter Woman); Jim Thompson (Mr. Simpson Makes a Sale); Leo Tolstoy (How Much Land Does a Man Need?); Rudolph Umland; Raymond Weeks (Arkansas); and E.B. White (A Shepherd's Life)
	"A Second Look" [1947] by Edward H. Faulkner 'a greatly expanded version of his soil conservation theories as published in "Plowman's Folly" in 1943' Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [1947] out of print/used
	"Farm & Ranch Living Magazine" [est. 1978, from Reiman Publns] 1-year subscription (7 issues) for $17.98 1-year auto-renewal subscription (7 issues) for $17.98 magazine website
	"Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance" [1999] by John & Martha Storey Storey Publng 11x8½ pb [9/99] for $16.47 Storey Publng 11¼x8¾ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used publisher website
	"Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need To Know To Live Off The Land" [2004] by the Editors of Storey Books Black Dog/Leventhal 13¾x10½ pb [9/2004] for $13.57 publisher's bookpage
	"Farming: Down Memory Lane" documentary film [indep 2004] "A nostalgic look at farming as it used to be and a way of life now changed: This entertaining and informative video features thrashing, horse ploughing, corn cutting, the cattle market, and stooking corn" U.K. product all-regions color DVD [3/2004] out of prodn/used
	"Tips From The Old Country Folk" [2005] Compiled by Elizabeth Drury Conari Press 6½x6½ hardcover [1/2005] for $9.95 "Tips From The Old Gardeners" [2005] Compiled by Duncan Crosbie Conari Press 6¾x6¼ hardcover [1/2005] for $9.95 "Tips From The Old Housewives" [2005] Compiled by Elizabeth Drury Conari Press hardcover [1/2005] for $9.95
	"American Farm" documentary film [indep 2005] A passionate portrait of the lives of the men and women working the farm where the filmmaker's mother grew up, a property that has been in the family for eleven generations, showing both the beauty and the back-breaking work. Co-produced & directed by James Spione Passion River color DVD [2/2008] for $21.82 full credits at IMDb • official movie site
	"Little Heathens: Hard Times & High Spirits On An Iowa Farm During The Great Depression" [2007] by Mildred Armstrong Kalish A memoir, a how-to book & a cookbook by an 84-year-old first-time author; listed on New York Times® 10 Best Books of 2007 Bantam 8x5½ pb [4/2008] for $10.08 Bantam 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2007] for $14.96
	"The Sugar Season: A Year In The Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family’s Quest For The Sweetest Harvest" [2014] by Douglas Whynott Author chronicles three main threads: the daily life of Vermont maple syrup entrepreneur Bruce Bascom; the surprisingly modern sugar industry (a barrel of maple syrup is worth more than a barrel of crude oil); and mounting evidence that the Climate Crisis is causing a drastic decline in maple sap. Kindle Edition from Da Capo Press [3/2014] for $11.99 Da Capo Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/2014] for $15.23

"Maple Sugarin' In Vermont" [] by Betty Ann Lockhart

Pioneer Settler article '34 Must-Have Tools For The Homestead'

                                            

Life  On  The  Road

Roadside Americana Page
top of page  • •  general books & links   • •  motels  • •  gas stations  • •  motorcycles & scooters

Automobile Brands Nostalgia Page

Roadside Diners & Coffee Shops Page

Woodie Surfing Wagons Page

Route 66 links pages

Route 66 books pages

American  Food  Traditions
now on a separate page
top of page • Links & Books • Barbecue Dept. • Coca-Cola® Dept. •
Hot Dogs & Hamburgers Dept. • Ice Cream Dept. • Popcorn Dept. • Soda Pop Dept. • Nostalgic Cookery

Spirit of America Bookstore's Candy & Nuts & Gum Page

Spirit of America Bookstore's
American Beer, Wine & Booze Page

Spirit of America Bookstore's
Beer, Wine, Booze Reading Material Page

G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Beer Industry Page

Roadside  Diners  &  Coffee  Shops

now on a separate page

Old  Time  Radio

now on a separate page

History of Radio & TV Pages at Magic Lantern

Bears,  Beavers  &  Buffalo

Beaver  Country

Buffalo  /  Bison  Country

"American Bison: A Natural History" [2002] by Dale F. Lott, Foreword by Harry W. Greene Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [2002 edition] for $15.63 Univ California Press 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $20.44 Univ California Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used

Bear  Country

Smokey Bear entry at Wikipedia
Smokey Bear Historical Park [est. 1979] in Capitán, New Mexico
Smokey Bear's Hometown Assn. [est. 2005]
Smokey Bear Days [April 2007 = #4] in Capitán, New Mexico
Smokey Bear Stampede [July] in Capitán, New Mexico

"Hot Foot Teddy: The True Story of Smokey Bear" [2007] by Sue Houser M.T. Publishing Co. 11¼x8½ hardcover [4/2007] for $15.95

Grizzly Bears

Teddy Bears
Teddy Bear Review Magazine: 1-year subscription [6 issues]
Classic Teddy Bears

Lighthouses,  Barns  &  Bridges

National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
N.S.P.C.B. annual membership {with quarterly magazine} for $28.85
New York State Covered Bridge Society
Covered Bridges of Kentucky
Covered Bridges of Virginia
Covered Bridges of Ohio
"Covered Bridges Across America" [] by Conwill

M.D. Barn Master in Northern California
Friends of Minnesota Barns [] based in Forest Lake, Minnesota

	"The Old Barn Book: A Field Guide to North American Barns & Other Farm Structures" [1990] by Allen G. Noble & Richard K. Cleek Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/96] for $10.91 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/95] out of print/used
	"Michigan Barns, Et Cetera: Rural Buildings of The Great Lake State" [2011] Drawings & text by Jerry R. Davis Fifty full-page b&w drawings of barns, churches, covered bridges & other rural buildings in Michigan Artemesia Publng 8¼x10¾ pb [8/2011] for $17.99
	"Barns From The Land of Enchantment" [2012] Drawings & text by Jerry R. Davis Fifty full-page b&w drawings of barns in New Mexico Artemesia Publng 8¼x10¾ pb [12/2012] for $14.03

New Jersey Light House Society
Florida Lighthouse Assn.
National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island, NY
U.S. Lighthouse Society in San Francisco, CA
Maine Lighthouse Museum
American Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Friends website
Lighthouse Directory at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
New England Lighthouses Virtual Guide website
Lighthouse Depot Online

"Lighthouse Encyclopedia" [] by Ray Jones
"The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses" [] by Crompton & Rhein

	"Lighthouse Digest Magazine" [est. 1992] from Foghorn Publishing in Maine subscribe: 6 issues/year for $34.95 magazine website
	"A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and The Birth of The Modern Lighthouse" [2013] by Theresa Levitt W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2013] for $16.44

Pirates While the pirates, buccaneers, privateers & corsairs of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries were often British or French or Spanish, the skull-and-crossbones lifestyle mostly took place in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and off the eastern coast of North America.

Pirates Page: historic pirates & links & books at Spirit of America Bookstore

Pirate Film Festival at Magic Lantern

'Pirates of The Caribbean' Movies Page at Magic Lantern

'Treasure Island' Movies Page at Magic Lantern

Sailing  Ships

Kalmar Nyckel tall ship based in Wilmington DE

barque James Craig tall ship [built 1874]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Craig_(barque)

biennial Australian Wooden Boat Festival [Feb] in Tasmania on the Hobart waterfront

The  Surf  Shack

Spirit of America Bookstore's Surf Shack Page

Surf Shack Page / Surf Movies & TV Shows Dept.

Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Woody' Surfing Wagons Page

Spirit of America Bookstore's surfing legend 'Gidget' Page

Square  Dance

"Square Dance Jubilee" [S.G.P./Lippert Pictures Nov 1949] /tt0041914/ starring Don 'Red' Barry, Mary Beth Hughes,
Spade Cooley (and his band), Max Terhune, Thurston Hall, Cowboy Copas & Wally Vernon

"Let's Go Square Dancing" TV series [1960] /tt3989034/

"Square Dance" [March 1987] starring Winona Ryder /tt0094020/

"Square Dance Caller" documentary [2010] /tt1723052/

Amusement  Parks  &  Rides
carousel & amusement park portal
carousel band organ MIDI files
George Washington Gale Ferris & Ferris Wheels
Coney Island [NY] Museum
Merry-Go_Round Museum in Sandusky, Ohio

"Strike Me Pink" [1936] starring Eddie Cantor, filmed at NuPike in Long Beach, California

"Palisades Park" [2013 novel]
Tells the story of the renowned amusement park as seen by the young daughter of concessionaires, who dreams of becoming a daredevil high diver;
performers, pitchmen, civil rights demonstrators picketing the gates, underworld bosses meeting in secret across the street ... all are entwined in a story
told 'in Ragtime style, mixing fact and fiction - it’s a memorable trip'.

Sesame  Street children's television series  [est. 1969]
'Sesame Street' TV series entry at Wikipedia
browse Sesame Street® books at Amazon
Sesame Street® videos: on DVD | on VHS
browse Sesame Street® music at Amazon
official website

"40 Years of Sunny Days" on DVD

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Gang-Complete-History-Sesame/dp/B0029LHWHC/

"Sesame Street" Section on Magic Lantern's 'The Muppets' Page

here on the Nostalgic Americana Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

top of page • Amusement Parks & Rides • Baseball • Bears, Buffalo & Beaver • The Circus • Dolls & Action Figures • Life On The Farm •

Life On The Road • Lighthouses, Barns & Bridges • Nostalgic Media • Rodeo • Square Dance • Toys & Games

Spirit of America Bookstore's American Beer, Wine & Booze Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's Fifties Culture Nostalgia Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's American Food Traditions Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's Old Time Radio Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's American Railroads Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Tractors & Farm Equipment Page

Movie Palaces Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Drive-In Theaters Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

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