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Lang Matl
Author Grossman, Anna Jane.

Title Obsolete : an encyclopedia of once-common things passing us by / Anna Jane Grossman ; illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock.

Imprint New York : Abrams Image, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  E161 G77 2009    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  E161    Available
Description 191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191).
Summary Obsolete contains essays and entries on more than 100 alphabetized fading subjects, including Blind Dates, Mix Tapes, Getting Lost, Porn Magazines, Looking Old, Operators, Camera Film, Hitchhiking, Body Hair, Writing Letters, Basketball Players
Subject Material culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Product obsolescence -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Technology -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Popular culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Social change -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Encyclopedias.
United States -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias.
Added Author Hancock, James Gulliver.
Added Title Encyclopedia of once-common things passing us by
ISBN 9780810978492 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)
0810978490 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)