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Signs of life

by Alfred Appel

This volume examines American popular culture from the late 1930s across five decades. It features a collage of photographs and text documenting social and cultural evolution.

Accession 31454 ISBN 0394507738 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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