Tim Hollis has published twenty-four books on pop culture history. For more than thirty years he has maintained a museum of cartoon-related merchandise in Dora, Alabama. He is the author of Dixie before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun; Florida”s Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast; Hi There, Boys and Girls! America”s Local Children”s TV Programs; Ain”t That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century; Toons in Toyland: The Story of Cartoon Character Merchandise; and, with Greg Ehrbar, Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
29 Ebooks tarafından Tim Hollis
Tim Hollis: Christmas Wishes
A nostalgic look at Christmas in the mid-twentieth century. …
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Tim Hollis: Toons in Toyland
Every living American adult likely prized one childhood toy that featured the happy image of an animated cartoon or comic strip character. There is an ever-growing market for these collectibles, and …
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€25.99
Tim Hollis: Ain’t That a Knee-Slapper
There was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers’ daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happ …
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€25.99
Tim Hollis: Florida’s Miracle Strip
Since World War II, tourists have flocked to Florida’s northwest Gulf Coast and sun and fun spots at Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Pensacola Beach. Every year those visitors number in the …
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€24.99
Tim Hollis: Hi There, Boys and Girls!
Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids’ shows? In Hi There, Boys and …
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€30.99
Tim Hollis: Toons in Toyland
Every living American adult likely prized one childhood toy that featured the happy image of an animated cartoon or comic strip character. There is an ever-growing market for these collectibles, and …
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€31.99
Tim Hollis: Birmingham’s Theater and Retail District
From the 1890s to the 1970s, the thriving area of Birmingham between Eighteenth and Twenty-first Streets along First, Second, and Third Avenues was the bustling heart of this quickly growing city. Be …
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€19.97
Tim Hollis: Birmingham Broadcasting
Birmingham, Alabama, has enjoyed a long and distinguished broadcasting history. The city, s first radio station aired in 1922, and television arrived in 1949. Both media produced personalities who be …
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€16.72
Tim Hollis: Six Flags Over Georgia
When Six Flags Over Georgia opened in June 1967, it became the first theme park in the Southeast. Although the park is best known today for its high-speed roller coasters, this book recaptures its ea …
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€16.80
Tim Hollis: Vintage Birmingham Signs
Most people do not stop to realize how many of their fond memories involve advertising signs. Although these neon spectaculars, billboards, and even signs painted directly onto brick walls were creat …
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€16.71
Tim Hollis: Stone Mountain Park
For centuries, explorers and pioneers told of a place in Georgia where there was a gigantic mountain of solid granite resembling , a great gray egg lying half-buried on a vast plain., In time, Stone …
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€16.63
Tim Hollis: Land of Oz
Skip down the Yellow Brick Road with author and historian Tim Hollis as you uncover the history of this beloved mountaintop attraction.In 1966, North Carolina tourism moguls Grover, Harry, and Spence …
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Tim Hollis: Rock City
Since May 21, 1932, tourists have been making the trip to the top of Lookout Mountain to stroll through what pioneers as far back as the 1820s called "the rock city." This collection of hug …
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€20.11
Tim Hollis: Lost Attractions of Alabama
Journey along with the king of nostalgia, Tim Hollis, for a tour of lost attractions of northern, central and southern Alabama.Alabama has had an enviable success rate when it comes to tourist attrac …
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€16.71
Tim Hollis: Pizitz
For nearly ninety years, Pizitz offered Birmingham residents and Alabamans across the state a one-of-a-kind shopping experience. From the Enchanted Forest that sprung up every Christmas to in-store f …
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€19.94
Tim Hollis: Loveman’s
In an era when local department stores still thrived, Birmingham shoppers had different stores from which to choose. But when customers sought more than bargain prices, when they demanded unparallele …
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€16.68
Tim Hollis: See Rock City
Around two hundred million years ago, geological forces produced an expansive grove of rocky caverns and outcroppings atop Lookout Mountain. It was not until the twentieth century, however, that this …
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€20.06
Tim Hollis: See Alabama First
Tourism in the Southeast is often associated with Florida–a state that essentially defined the industry in America. Yet Alabama has a fascinating history of tourism all its own. It all began with an …
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€16.71
Tim Hollis: Memories of Downtown Birmingham
The bright lights of Birmingham’s theater and retail district have shone over the Magic City for nearly one hundred years during the good times and the bad. During the early 1900s, small businesses, …
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€16.78
Tim Hollis: Christimas in Birmingham
For decades, the Christmas season in Birmingham was not complete without the sights and sounds of the retail district. During the season, the Magic City made magic with elaborate light displays and t …
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€19.29
Tim Hollis: Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most visited national parks in the country, and countless attractions around its borders have tried for decades to siphon some of those valuable t …
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€16.69
Beverly Crider: Lost Birmingham
Some of Birmingham Alabama’s history has been lost. This book takes a look at this lost history and brings it back to life.Birmingham has many notable historic landmarks today, but so many more are a …
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€16.69
Tim Hollis: Florida’s Miracle Strip
Since World War II, tourists have flocked to Florida’s northwest Gulf Coast and sun and fun spots at Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Pensacola Beach. Every year those visitors number in the …
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€32.17
Tim Hollis: Hi There, Boys and Girls!
Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids’ shows? In Hi There, Boys and …
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€38.61
Tim Hollis: Ain’t That a Knee-Slapper
There was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers’ daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happ …
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€32.24
Tim Hollis: Lost Attractions of Florida’s Miracle Strip
Beginning in the early 1950s, the 130 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Panama City to Pensacola were branded as the Miracle Strip. Between those cities, oddities sprang up: goofy miniature …
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€16.64
Tim Hollis & Greg Ehrbar: Mouse Tracks
Around the world there are grandparents, parents, and children who can still sing ditties by Tigger or Baloo the Bear or the Seven Dwarves. This staying power and global reach is in large part a test …
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€29.99
Tim Hollis & Greg Ehrbar: Mouse Tracks
Around the world there are grandparents, parents, and children who can still sing ditties by Tigger or Baloo the Bear or the Seven Dwarves. This staying power and global reach is in large part a test …
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€29.99
Tim Hollis: Lost Attractions of the Ozarks
Discover the Famous Attractions of Days Gone By When you think about vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Li’l Abner comic strip characters at Dogpatch USA or scores of their generic cousins elsewhere …
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€12.84
