field of stars = America's Best
The "Field of Stars" in our logo
represents anyone and anything that is or was great in America.
Below are some pictures of true "Americana" for you to
appreciate.
If you have any high resolution Americana pictures that you would like to add to our online collection, please email them to us. Enjoy!
AMERICA'S ONLINE LIBRARY
has a program and allows you to enter your
birthday so you can see what happened in history the day you
were born.
Your Birth Year in History
AMERICAN
RESTORATION features Rick Dale and his crew
of loose screws at Rick's Restorations in Las Vegas, Nevada,
as they take rusty, beat-up items and restore them to their
original glory. Whether it's a giant gas pump from the 1940s
or a Hopalong Cassidy bicycle from the 1950s, every
restoration is a high-stakes business project where
worthless rust is transformed into a valuable collectible.
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AMERICAN
PICKERS isn't your grandmother's antiquing.
Pickers like Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are on a mission to
recycle America, even if it means diving into countless
piles of grimy junk or getting chased off a gun-wielding
homeowner's land. Hitting back roads from coast to coast,
the two men earn a living by restoring forgotten relics to
their former glory, transforming one person's trash into
another's treasure.
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americana Defined
Americana refers to
artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the
history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of
the United States. Many kinds of material fall within
the definition of Americana: paintings, prints and
drawings; license plates or entire vehicles, household
objects, tools and weapons; plaques and statues, and so
on. Patriotism and nostalgia play a defining role in the
subject. The things involved need not be old, but need
to have the appropriate associations. The term may be
used to describe the theme of a museum or collection, or
of goods for sale.
Since its founding in 1837,
John Deere has seen a great many changes in its
business, its products, its services. Change always
comes with opportunity. And Deere has always been ready
and willing to embrace it.
The original 1903
Harley-Davidson
motorcycle factory held a
story
no one
on earth could have made up. Four young men experimented
with internal combustion in this tiny wooden shed.
