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Season's Gleamings: The Art of the Aluminum Christmas Tree

by J Shimon

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ISBN13: 9780971793538
ISBN10: 0971793530
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They glitter. They shimmer. They bask in the glow of gently rotating color wheels. They last forever. Aluminum Christmas trees are the most spectacular souvenirs of our most recent Christmas Past-the Christmases of the super-mom 1960s.

Season's Gleamings is the first book to celebrate these magnificent trees. More than 45 stunning color photographs reveal the beauty and range of aluminum arbor, from red-foil tabletop models to majestic seven-footers. Photographers J. Shimon & J. Lindemann have trained their camera on their own collection of vintage trees, capturing them complete with hi-fi's and highballs.

Aluminum trees were born in 1959 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, once the "Aluminum Cookware Capitol of the World." Within a couple of years, shiny, foil-branched Christmas trees were being made by dozens of companies and selling in the millions. Elvis adorned Graceland's front yard with a row of lighted aluminum trees. Their most famous appearance was in A Charlie Brown Christmas, when Lucy ordered Charlie Brown to "get the biggest aluminum tree you can find."

Today the trade in vintage aluminum trees is fierce, and these crisp, beautiful symbols of modern living are again brightening thousands of American holidays. Season's Gleamings is a reminder of how beautiful an aluminum tree can be and makes a perfect gift for lovers of Christmases both real and artificial.

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"Season's Gleamings" is the first book to celebrate the glittery, shimmering aluminum Christmas tree, born in 1959. More than 45 stunning color photographs reveal their beauty and range.
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About the Author

John Shimon and Julie Lindemann have been photographing collaboratively since the mid-1980s. Their work has appeared in New York, The New York Times Magazine, and Fortune magazine, and in the books Wisconsin Then and Now: The Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Rephotography Project, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde, and Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self. Shimon and Lindemann live in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and teach at the Art Institute of Chicago and Lawrence University.
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Jennifer Short, October 7, 2008 (view all comments by Jennifer Short)
We all remember those trees that were sparkly aluminum, and this book is a holiday must have of retro glitz! The photographs are excellent and there's a history of the trees that couldn't be adorned with lights but instead had color wheels to illuminate them!
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ISBN:
9780971793538
Subtitle:
The Art of the Aluminum Christmas Tree
Author:
Shimon, John
Photographer:
Shimon, John
Author:
Shimon, J.
Author:
Lindemann, J.
Author:
Shimon, John
Publisher:
Melcher Media
Subject:
General
Subject:
Individual Photographer
Subject:
History
Subject:
General Photography
Subject:
Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals
Subject:
Photoessays & Documentaries
Subject:
Aluminum Christmas trees
Subject:
Holidays - Christmas
Subject:
Individual Photographers - General
Subject:
Aluminum Christmas trees - History
Copyright:
2004
Publication Date:
September 2004
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
8.58x6.64x.57 in. .88 lbs.
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