Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising

In these photographs, taken between 2005 and 2008, Amie Vanderford samples hand-painted, commercial signs in Memphis neighborhoods. Vibrant and changing markers on the cityscape, these signs situate neighborhood identity, from historically African American Orange Mound, to gentrifying areas such as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amie Vanderford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship 2008-07-01
Series:Southern Spaces
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Online Access:https://southernspaces.org/node/42553