Vintage neon signs aren’t just for stores anymore. Many people now customize them for home decor, showcasing their aesthetic taste and adding a touch of romantic ambiance to their nights. Given the ...
When our Art Director, Gail Snable, travels through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula she heeds the impulse to pull over for old signs with handcrafted flair. Here’s a sampling of her photographs of these ...
Sign restorer Don Van Kannel doesn’t have to take his work home with him. It’s already there. Van Kannel has 128 vintage advertising signs hanging in his home, not counting those in his bathroom or ...
Vintage advertising signs have become cherished collectibles that offer a unique glimpse into the past. These items are more than just relics — for collectors, they’re a slice of mid-century American ...
Vintage beer signs continue to be as cool as the brew you love to drink Hundreds of beer companies created colorful porcelain, tin and wooden signs before Prohibition Neon beer signs were produced in ...
Pay attention, vintage typography enthusiasts: the old signs of California’s San Fernando Valley are now being showcased on Instagram. Sweetsignbro has been documenting the area’s “best illuminated ...
Glen Guyett has designed the most iconic signs in Phoenix history. He created the signs for Buckhorn Baths, Mr. Lucky's, and Bill Johnson's Big Apple, among others, and last night, he talked about his ...
"Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?" Can you name the song and the band? The answer will be provided ...
Vintage advertising, especially tin signs, are being treated like rare folk art by some collectors. Hundreds of each sign were printed or lithographed on a tin backing and sent to stores to be ...
Out with the old, in with the ... old-ishly new? That's the gist of the Las Vegas Scenic Byways Plan, a $1.1 million project in which vintage neon signs from long-demolished Sin City hotels and motels ...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- In St. Augustine’s historic district, there are a lot of old things. The latest old discovery happened behind some construction fencing. Just across the street from the fort, ...