Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising

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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Main Author: Amie Vanderford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship 2008-07-01
Series:Southern Spaces
Subjects:
Business and Commerce
Economics
Photography
Urban and Suburban Studies
Online Access:https://southernspaces.org/node/42553
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spelling doaj-d1bd0cb9afdf4c69b1006481d0b99ca52020-11-24T21:40:10ZengEmory Center for Digital ScholarshipSouthern Spaces1551-27542008-07-0110.18737/M7RC86 Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising Amie Vanderford0Memphis, TennesseeIn 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 Uptown and Midtown, and tourist destinations in Whitehaven and Soulsville.https://southernspaces.org/node/42553Business and CommerceEconomicsPhotographyUrban and Suburban Studies
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Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
Southern Spaces
Business and Commerce
Economics
Photography
Urban and Suburban Studies
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author_sort Amie Vanderford
title Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
title_short Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
title_full Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
title_fullStr Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
title_full_unstemmed Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
title_sort memphis by hand: creative small-business advertising
publisher Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
series Southern Spaces
issn 1551-2754
publishDate 2008-07-01
description 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 Uptown and Midtown, and tourist destinations in Whitehaven and Soulsville.
topic Business and Commerce
Economics
Photography
Urban and Suburban Studies
url https://southernspaces.org/node/42553
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