C W Wells
Biographic Data
| ID | 3833948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C W Wells |
| GIVEN NAMES | C W |
| FAMILY NAME | Wells |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS C W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The People's Car
Fueling the Boom
In 1938, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the photographer Dorothea Lange turned her camera to a mundane feature of the American landscape: a sign advertising gasoline prices.Unlike most such signs, however, this one broke down its 201⁄2 cents-per-gallon price: gasoline, 51⁄2 cents; state, 5 cents; Uncle Sam, 1 cent; city, 1 cent; railroad, 23⁄4 cents; agent, 11⁄4 cents; and "Me," 4 cents.(See figure 1.)The joke lay partially in what many saw as the mode…
American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936
Although this Web site delivers something less than its sweeping title suggests, it nevertheless offers a notable collection of images. The site assembles approximately 4,500 photographs documenting the field excursions of University of Chicago ecologists, including Henry C. Cowles and George D. Fuller, between 1891 and 1936. A majority of the images, which have been digitized from originals owned by the University of Chicago Library’s Department…
Fueling the Boom
In 1938, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the photographer Dorothea Lange turned her camera to a mundane feature of the American landscape: a sign advertising gasoline prices.Unlike most such signs, however, this one broke down its 201⁄2 cents-per-gallon price: gasoline, 51⁄2 cents; state, 5 cents; Uncle Sam, 1 cent; city, 1 cent; railroad, 23⁄4 cents; agent, 11⁄4 cents; and "Me," 4 cents.(See figure 1.)The joke lay partially in what many saw as the mode…
The People's Car
American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936
Although this Web site delivers something less than its sweeping title suggests, it nevertheless offers a notable collection of images. The site assembles approximately 4,500 photographs documenting the field excursions of University of Chicago ecologists, including Henry C. Cowles and George D. Fuller, between 1891 and 1936. A majority of the images, which have been digitized from originals owned by the University of Chicago Library’s Department…
Fueling the Boom
In 1938, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the photographer Dorothea Lange turned her camera to a mundane feature of the American landscape: a sign advertising gasoline prices.Unlike most such signs, however, this one broke down its 201⁄2 cents-per-gallon price: gasoline, 51⁄2 cents; state, 5 cents; Uncle Sam, 1 cent; city, 1 cent; railroad, 23⁄4 cents; agent, 11⁄4 cents; and "Me," 4 cents.(See figure 1.)The joke lay partially in what many saw as the mode…
The People's Car
American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Boom (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Ecological succession (1 work)