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There are laws that prevent this today even if it is cost justified advertising.
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Art and detail and quality can be done safely but for the most part it is not in todays world . What we see now is cheep quick and ugly .
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This weeks pictures. Take care everyone
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More pictures . Have a good weekend
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Great photos Peter. I really like the "Used Cars" signs. I just finished restoring this large OK neon earlier this year for a guy out west. Same as the one in your photo that the guys are standing around and touching. I never understood what compels people to want to walk up and touch neon tubes, but see grown adults did that in the 1950's too. I guess people are just drawn to them like bugs! Several years ago I had one of those large round "OK" signs that they are pointing to in the other photo. It was a 3-piece sign and 10' in diameter. A friend of mine wanted it worse than I did, so sold it to him. Thanks for sharing the photos!
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Great job , and I'm glad you like the old pictures.
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Have a good Friday Saturday and Sunday
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The Coca Cola and Drug store signs are awesome. They dont make them like that anymore.
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Great weather here in Salt Lake . Have a good weekend.
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I ran across this photo of that 10' diameter "OK" sign like Peter posted above. I purchased this around '98 or '99. When I brought it home, I climbed on my parents garage roof to get the photo. Had my wife (we were not even married yet) sit next to it for some perspective of size.
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To paraphrase "they don't make them like that coffee shop bowling sign anymore" must have been a big blow or a strike to knock that sign down.
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