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The American Sign Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and documenting historic and vintage signs from the American landscape.
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I visited the museum this past summer and was pretty amazed by what they had. Really, really cool stuff. And the curator knows everything about signs that you could ask.
posted by schmedeman at 10:51 AM on November 29, 2007
posted by schmedeman at 10:51 AM on November 29, 2007
You mean to say that my local TGI Fridays is not dedicated to preserving collecting vintage signage for me to ogle over a batch of jalepeno poppers?
Blasphemy!
Seriously, very nice linkage. I love this stuff!
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:52 AM on November 29, 2007
Blasphemy!
Seriously, very nice linkage. I love this stuff!
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:52 AM on November 29, 2007
This is great, thanks.
posted by marxchivist at 11:08 AM on November 29, 2007
posted by marxchivist at 11:08 AM on November 29, 2007
This place has been on my radar for a while and I'd love to go there. Sign painting is a fascinating topic -- when I was actively blogging about museum issues, I wrote this post about the ASM.
posted by Miko at 11:08 AM on November 29, 2007
posted by Miko at 11:08 AM on November 29, 2007
Good stuff. If I'm ever in Cincinnati, this will definitely be on my list of places to visit. Along with the subway, of course.
posted by dersins at 11:21 AM on November 29, 2007
posted by dersins at 11:21 AM on November 29, 2007
I hear they're keeping Lady Bird Johnson's head alive in the basement.
posted by Oddly at 11:22 AM on November 29, 2007
posted by Oddly at 11:22 AM on November 29, 2007
If you happen to be nearer Vegas than Cincinnati.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 11:34 AM on November 29, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 11:34 AM on November 29, 2007 [1 favorite]
This is great, thank you very much fandango_matt! I'm more into carved and painted signs, but the design principles seem to bridge the medium when it comes to signage. An instructor of mine in college grew up painting and goldleafing storefront windows, he'd get a kick out of this collection.
posted by prostyle at 2:23 PM on November 29, 2007
posted by prostyle at 2:23 PM on November 29, 2007
Good post. Sort of related: I recently came across the Historical Marker Database.
posted by tellurian at 4:07 PM on November 29, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by tellurian at 4:07 PM on November 29, 2007 [1 favorite]
Nice post. I love old signs, and the cheapo vinyl banners many businesses use today as permanent signage are a big pet peeve of mine.
posted by Koko at 6:36 PM on November 29, 2007
posted by Koko at 6:36 PM on November 29, 2007
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