Out picking a few weeks ago in Ohio and found this awesome porcelain sign, it's 6 feet long by 30 inches high, I believe this sign is out of the 1940's. I love this sign because it advertises everything you could have done to your car at one garage, kinda of a one stop shop. Thanks for looking!
lucky beer sign mystery sign ive tried searching online but can not find one like this or any info please help
Cobalt blue and white enamel "EAT" verticle sign with porcelain sockets. Made by by Federal Electric Co. Chicago. PAT'D. NOV 17. 1903.
Height=86"
Width=22 1/2"
Depth=5 1/2"
Really good condition for its age and all the floods it has been in. Was stored in a log cabin by a river owned by my mother-in-law.
Took the panels off and pressure washed all the mud out. Cleaned up quite good.
A large Freezie painted over heavy metal ice cream sign from the 1940's. The sign is about 40 inches high and approximately 25 inches wide. I love the graphics on the sign with the penguin holding a cold freezie drink. I assume this was some type of shaved ice in a cup with your flavor of syrup, kinda of like a snow cone . Thanks for looking!
all i know about this sign is that i believe it is from sometime after 1939 because it has stripes on the shield and to my knowledge they used stars on the shield prior to 1939... i know nothing about this light and have been doing lots of research on it..any help as to history and value would be greatly appreciated
thanks , lisa
My fried had this sign many years and I finley took a few photos to find out mor info on it. the sigh is about 18x24 about a chiled bottle of soda. see photo.
Ho, ho, ho ... it's the holiday season and I'm continuing my theme of Santa appearing in advertising (following up on my posts of Santa in late 1800s camera ads). Here is an original painting [study] by John Gilroy (working at S.H. Benson at the time) for the famous 1958 "Guinness Time" holiday poster.
Over the years, Gilroy introduced several mascots that appeared in Guinness' advertising. Toward the end of the 1950s, he tended to create posters featuring all of his beloved mascots.
This painting depicts Santa decorating a tree with bottles of Guinness with the help of Gilroy's mascots. The study also includes the original S.H. Benson paper tag with a comment to "redraw" ... meaning this particular rendering didn't quite make the cut. But comparing it to the actual poster, the study looks really close.
So ... how does a Guiness decorated tree sound? I've tried convincing my family this would be a cool thing, but all I get are stares with "Are you nuts?" expressions.
Anyhow, happy holidays!
This is a Royal Crown Cola "Best by Taste Test" Christmas trolley car sign I picked up a few months ago. It more than likely dates from the 1940s. I plan on displaying it each Christmas season!
Just picked up this 1960s Coca Cola "Enjoy That Refreshing New Feeling" tin sign. It is approximately 12x32 and I was told it was never hung. Although there is rust around the edges, the main part of this sign is in very good condition.
A 1920s Willys-Overland Whippet sign I recently acquired. From Toledo, the Whippet brand started in 1926 and ended in 1931. The Willys-Overland brand eventually evolved into the Jeep brand today. I also posted an ad I acquired as well as a 1929 Willys "Starter" employee magazine.
I acquired this Kelloggs Cereal diplay rack at an auction. Probably used in the 1950s or 1960s in a diner, this display rack lists how to stock their various cereals and also warns you that they will take it back if not used for Kellogg's products only!
Here is an older Borden's Dairy ice cream patch with Elsie the cow. I acquired it last year in a photo album full of many post cards and fish/hunt licenses for $5.
These are some items I have picked up on my sign hunting excursions . I found the Sinclair sign lying in a field off a hiway/ turned intrastate. This sign also had a "clean restrooms" sign with it. The gas station that was there is now gone many years ago. The Amiration Bread sign I found under a pile of wood and debri, where an old grocery store once stood in a community that once stood in Goldsmith, Texas. The Jax Beer clock/lighted sign 5' x 5' came from an old dance/beer hall honky tonk my family used to run back in the sixties and seventies in San Antonio, Texas, if you don't ask for nothing thats exactly what you'll get. The yellow stop sign came from the street my grandparents lived on in Odessa, Texas. They all adorn my saloon I built in my backyard. If anyone has any info date they came from I could dig it. I have looked forever on the internet and can't find a clue. Thanks.
This sign measures 35" wide by 28" tall. It is double sided and used to have neon on it. The original GE transformer is still in it. I believe it was originally hanging in front of a saloon on "Whiskey Row" in Prescott, AZ.
We bought a laundromat with these signs in them they have a date of 1965 and have the original paint on them they are tin. Wondering if anyone could give us a value on these.
I picked up this old RC cola sign online last week. I think its a pretty cool old sign, even if it is in Spanish. Sign came via ebay through Mexico. Not sure of the age, any help is appreciated regarding this.
We just picked this cool old freeze it and save sign it measures about 2 1/2. feet by 3 feet and is dated 9/1950 We have it hanging in our kitchen
Do not see these often. It is from a gas-pump island and holds a round porcelain double-sided sign. Also has to brackets for a smaller curved sign to go on the top! Negotiated it (and other stuff) from a long boarded-up station before they demolished it. The station operated 1927-1975. Full pole and top band. I do not encounter many of these.
One dozen of MINT NuGrape tin tackers. Found in the original wooden shipping box. Late 30's early 40's for sure.
Today's score: a nice, Restricted Area sign from an American Air Force base in the former West Germany. Measures 2 ft. by 2 ft. This is my second Restricted Area sign. The Controlled Area sign that I want remains very elusive.
