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Re: Sign art from the past
Wasatch Man #745470 Sat Mar 21 2020 07:11 AM
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There are laws that prevent this today even if it is cost justified advertising.


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Re: Sign art from the past
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agree


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Re: Sign art from the past
Wasatch Man #745776 Thu Mar 26 2020 09:18 AM
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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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Re: Sign art from the past
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Here's this weeks pictures . Keep smiling

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Re: Sign art from the past
Wasatch Man #746306 Fri Apr 03 2020 06:26 PM
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This weeks pictures. Take care everyone

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Re: Sign art from the past
Wasatch Man #746737 Fri Apr 10 2020 01:04 PM
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More pictures . Have a good weekend

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Re: Sign art from the past
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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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Re: Sign art from the past
Wasatch Man #747148 Fri Apr 17 2020 01:05 PM
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Have a good Friday Saturday and Sunday

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Re: Sign art from the past
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The Coca Cola and Drug store signs are awesome. They dont make them like that anymore.

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Re: Sign art from the past
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Great weather here in Salt Lake . Have a good weekend.

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Re: Sign art from the past
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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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Wow, great pictures!


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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.

Re: Sign art from the past
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More Pictures again.

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