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Mimetic Buildings.
Some buildings ask to be recognized as something else before they are recognized as buildings. A teapot, shoe or animal supplies an outline that can be understood in a glance. The surprises begin when doors, windows and rooms must fit inside that borrowed form. Explore the photographs alongside the stories of Lucy, the Haines Shoe House and the Teapot Dome station to see how an oversized image could serve advertising, hospitality or a lasting local identity.
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Coney Island Dairyland, end detail, Route 285, Aspen Park, Colorado
The Milk Can, vertical view, Route 146, Lincoln, Rhode Island
The Mad Greek (formerly Sam's Roast Beef), 6th Street, Corona, California
The Barrel, 6th Avenue, Devils Lake, North Dakota
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, diagonal view from right, Route 90, Gulfport, Mississippi
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, diagonal view from left, Route 90, Gulfport, Mississippi
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, sharp diagonal view from left, Route 90, Gulfport, Mississippi
Motel 36 box car room units, Route 36, Somerville, Texas
Log Cabin Motel Office, San Leandro, California
Sioux Chief Train Motel, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dog Bark Park, front view 1, Route 95, Cottonwood, Idaho
Dog Bark Park, rear view, Route 95, Cottonwood, Idaho
Dog Bark Park, Route 95, Cottonwood, Idaho
Wigwam Lodge, two teepee cabins, Tempe, Arizona
Wigwam Village #2, office teepee and several teepee cabins, Route 31W, Cave City, Kentucky
Wigwam Village #6, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona
Benewah Dairy milk bottle #1, Cedar Street, Spokane, Washington
Benewah Dairy milk bottle #1, Cedar Street, Spokane, Washington
Benewah Dairy milk bottle, Post & Garland, Spokane, Washington
Benewah Dairy milk bottle, Post & Garland, Spokane, Washington
Grishams's milk bottle, view 1, Timon Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas
Grishams's milk bottle, view 2, Timon Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas
Mother Goose Market, horizontal view, Route 476, Hazard, Kentucky
