By Michael Karl Witzel and Gyvel Young ©2007-2008
Along the roadways of America, there are giants among us, in plain view, disguised in various shapes and sizes. Having served the human race now for over five decades, they are being toppled, discarded, removed—carted off to the landfill like so many other unwanted advertising mascots. [...]
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By Michael Karl Witzel ©2007-2008
During the late 1920s, ad man Wally Byam introduced several newsstand magazines, one in particular that focused on the do-it-yourself craze sweeping the nation. After he published an article on how to build a travel trailer, readers wrote letters of complaint. “These plans are impractical to build!” they cried, [...]
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By Michael Karl Witzel and Gyvel Young ©2007-2008
Today, the remnants of a once booming mineral water business can still be seen in the town of Mineral Wells, Texas. Originally built as a seven-story luxury resort, the Crazy Hotel is now a retirement home; the Milling Sanitarium a VFW hall, and the towering Baker Hotel—once the [...]
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