San Antonio College Library

Filled with detail and with lots of old photographs and maps, this book would be of interest for anyone studying Texas history, researching their family, or studying historical transportation or architecture.

"This catalogue - published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition - features works from The Connecticut Historical Society, which houses the nation's preeminent collection of early American painted tavern signs. Eight essays, written by prominent scholars of American art and cultural history, explore the medium and discuss why these signs are much more than picturesque relics of bygone times. Indeed, this volume reconnects sign paintings...