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How would you define 'americana'?
I'm doing a project on americana and I need the public's thoughts on they think the word 'americana' means. If you would be so kind as to answer the following two questions, it would be tremendously useful:
1) How do you define 'americana'? Use your own words, please.
2) What physical characteristics define americana? (i.e: If you looked at an object, how would you know to classify it as americana? American flags? Vintage letters? Etc.)
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