THE ARCHIVE / Themes
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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TeePee Drive-in, Route 17, Georgetown, South Carolina
Seafood Restaurant, Kings Highway, Route 17, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Holland Pancake House, Kings Highway, Route 17, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Red Barn Restaurant, Route 67, Texarkana, Arkansas
Teapot, Teapot Building, Chester, West Virginia
Barrel Drive-In, Center Street, Douglas, Michigan
City Dairy milk bottle, Columbus Avenue, Bay City, Michigan
Voss milk bottle, Yorkville, New York
Voss milk bottle, Yorkville, New York
Townley milk bottle, 24th and Classen Streets, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Townley milk bottle, 24th and Classen Streets, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Long Island duck, Long Island, New York
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
Townley milk bottle, 24th and Classen Streets, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
Big Fish Supper Club, Bena, Minnesota
