Society for Commercial Archeology

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The Society for Commercial Archeology is the oldest national organization devoted to the study of buildings, artifacts, structures, signs, and symbols of the 20th-century Commercial culture.[ citation needed ] The SCA activities include publications, conferences, and tours to help preserve, document, architecture of the 20th century, including diners, highways, gas stations, drive-in theaters, bus stations, tourist courts, neon signs.


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