{"product_id":"viewing-hours-americas-vanishing-culture-9781951963378","title":"Viewing Hours: America's Vanishing Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's something about the abandoned storefronts, vintage motels, and forgotten restaurants of the 1950s and 60s that evokes a mid-century nostalgia\u003c\/b\u003e, even for those of us who weren't alive in those years. \u003ci\u003eViewing Hours\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the photography of Ben Geier, who has spent the last decade traveling the United States to capture the images of these once vibrant, and now abandoned treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized in sections, including Signs, Theatres, Restaurants, Motels, Roadside, and Storefronts, and featuring an introduction by the photographer, \u003ci\u003eViewing Hours \u003c\/i\u003efeatures over 150 color images from 15 states, including Arizona, California, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. Evoking a sense of nostalgia and solitude, Geier's work highlights the modernist architecture, minimalist design, and muted color palette of the mid-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trope Publishing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951963378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Ben Geier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299111829685,"sku":"9781951963378","price":46.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_07dffea3-e1ed-452d-b036-945495ae76d4.jpg?v=1751985344","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/viewing-hours-americas-vanishing-culture-9781951963378","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}