Vintage Roadside and the National Trust for Historic Preservation join forces with a special offer for a free one-year membership to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In appreciation of those who enjoy road trips, drive-in restaurants, vintage graphics, historic architecture, and the culture of the American road, customers who purchase a t-shirt through Vintage Roadside's online gift shop can now add a free one-year membership to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to their order, a $20 value.
Portland, OR (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 -- In appreciation of those who enjoy road trips, drive-in restaurants, vintage graphics, historic architecture, and the culture of the American road, Vintage Roadside and the National Trust for Historic Preservation join forces with a special offer for a free one-year membership to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
How does the special offer work? Customers who purchase a t-shirt through Vintage Roadside's online gift shop can now add a free one-year membership to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to their order, a $20 value.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. A great example of the importance of the National Trust's preservation efforts is its recent focus on historic Route 66 mom and pop motels. Still found along the Mother Road, these historic motels are in jeopardy from both the wear and tear of passing years and the wrecking ball of new development. With the help of its members, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to preserve these iconic roadside stops for future generations.
Vintage Roadside customers who take advantage of the National Trust for Historic Preservation special offer will receive membership benefits including a free subscription to Preservation, the organization's award-winning magazine, access to the National Trust's Member Center, a members-only website featuring special content, and great discounts at historic places across America, including National Trust historic sites, select Historic Hotels of America, and museum shops.
Browsing through Vintage Roadside's online gift shop, visitors will find t-shirts featuring striking authentic advertising images from mom and pop roadside businesses of the 1930s through the early 1960s: from the time of the first paved roads and the explosion of the automobile industry to the early days of an interstate system that would dramatically alter the look and feel of the American landscape.
As part of Vintage Roadside's mission to highlight this amazing time in America's history, visitors to the online gift shop will also find a brief history of each bygone business researched with the help of historical societies, newspaper archivists, and amateur historians across the country. In addition to classic roadside businesses such as drive-in restaurants, motels, and roadside attractions, Vintage Roadside's gift shop also highlights skating rinks and bowling alleys--iconic entertainment destinations during America's golden age of automotive travel.
All of the t-shirts offered in Vintage Roadside's gift shop are available in men's and women's sizes S - XXL and are produced using high quality screen printed graphics on 100% ringspun cotton.
Vintage Roadside is a Portland, Oregon company retailing t-shirts and other products featuring authentic graphics from mom and pop businesses of the 1930s through the early 1960s including roadside attractions, diners and drive-ins, motor courts and motels, skating rinks, and bowling alleys. Visitors to Vintage Roadside's online gift shop will find a fascinating short history of each featured business, highlighting their place in the history of the American roadside. To learn more, please visit http://www.vintageroadside.com/
To support architectural preservation of mom and pop businesses of the 1930s through the early 1960s, Vintage Roadside donates a portion of all sales to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a non-profit membership organization bringing people together to protect, enhance and enjoy the places that matter to them. By saving the places where great moments from history - and the important moments of everyday life - took place, the National Trust for Historic Preservation helps revitalize neighborhoods and communities, spark economic development and promote environmental sustainability. With headquarters in Washington, DC, six regional offices, 29 historic sites, and partner organizations in all 50 states, the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education, advocacy and resources to a national network of people, organizations and local communities committed to saving places, connecting us to our history and collectively shaping the future of America's story. For more information visit http://www.nationaltrust.org/
Contact:
Kelly Burg
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(503) 333-8696 Cell
media @ vintageroadside.com
http://www.vintageroadside.com
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