Missouri History Museum Events
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Michael Eastman and the Modern Past — A Presentation and Book Signing
Click to ZoomCo-sponsored by the Duane Reed Gallery
Think of the quirky buildings you pass every day but whose quiet beauty you take for granted — the movie houses, juke joints, soda fountains, barbershops, roadside diners and storefront churches. You don’t miss them until they’re gone. As suburban sprawl and strip malls conquer the country, these vestiges of a lost way of life are falling under the wrecking ball. Photographer Michael Eastman has made the ultimate road trip, crisscrossing the nation dozens of times, to capture these buildings on film before they vanish and has packaged them for us so neatly in his book Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops and Other Everyday Monuments.
Eastman will sign copies of his book after the presentation. Books will be available for purchase.
Think of the quirky buildings you pass every day but whose quiet beauty you take for granted — the movie houses, juke joints, soda fountains, barbershops, roadside diners and storefront churches. You don’t miss them until they’re gone. As suburban sprawl and strip malls conquer the country, these vestiges of a lost way of life are falling under the wrecking ball. Photographer Michael Eastman has made the ultimate road trip, crisscrossing the nation dozens of times, to capture these buildings on film before they vanish and has packaged them for us so neatly in his book Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops and Other Everyday Monuments.
Eastman will sign copies of his book after the presentation. Books will be available for purchase.
| When: |
Tuesday, July 15 2008 at 7:30 pm (past) |
| Where: |
Lee Auditorium |
| How Much: | Free, but ticketed |
| Brochure: | | michael eastman.pdf |