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AirTalk for March 29, 2004

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Southland Fifties Nostalgia; Mid-Century Advertising Graphics
Southland Fifties Nostalgia; Mid-Century Advertising Graphics

Southland Fifties Nostalgia; Mid-Century Advertising Graphics

Southland Fifties Nostalgia

AirTalk for March 29, 2004

Best-selling author, historian and performance artist Charles Phoenix follows up his remarkable hit book Southern California in the '50s with an even more remarkable Kodachrome study of the world that existed between Santa Barbara and San Diego in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. His retro slide tour takes readers to places they never dreamed existed, and our guide tags along with amateur photographers who snapped the best of Southern California. This book will not be published until May, but you can reserve your copy now: a special opportunity available only to KPCC contributors during our Spring fund drive.

Mid-Century Advertising Graphics

AirTalk for March 29, 2004

Larry Mantle talks with graphic designer, writer, historian, and frequent AirTalk guest Jim Heimann, about about his four, striking Taschen books filled with Mid-Century Advertising Graphics. The titles are: ·Future Perfect: Vintage Futuristic Graphics ·50s Cars ·All American Ads of the 50s ·See The World: Mid-Century Travel Ads.