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I had this old Bell sign hanging in my garage until I sold it to a friend recently.

Let's face it, unless you are a Trumpette these are stressful times. More damage is being done under this administration than even under the paranoia of the McCarthy era. of the 1950's. In between bouts of fighting back against the irrational actions of our national leaders we all need a stress free zone for a short while. A local natural foods store has recognized this and has created one.

Taxi top illuminated signs in Kyoto, Japan

Old Chemists sign on wall in Bell Street, Old Swan, Liverpool

 

© Bernard Rose - all rights reserved

This sign was found by Jim Roof on Mount Tam back in the 30s or 40s.

Sign for Kewpee Hamburgers in downtown Lima, Ohio. Great local chain, and one of the top ranked burger places in Ohio.

Interestingly covered-up sign for a former HOBO store changing over into a Salvation Army store

At Harajuku.

原宿から渋谷へ向かう道すがらに発見。

BVL Sales and Service

2645 N Milwaukee Ave

Chicago, IL 60647

 

The sign was so long, I stitched separate left/right images together. See my comment below.

Sign in the window of the hemp store/advocacy center in the Chinatown section of Washington, DC.

NJ Highway Department has recently installed its signs for the recently renamed Holtec Drive in Evesham, formerly Lincoln Drive West.

Item 58985, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

Sign outside at Porco Lounge & Tiki Room in Cleveland, Ohio.

This is how you find your way around at the U of L. These signs are all over the campus. And the font is frutiger, one of my favourites. The sign guy here does great work.

I needed to relieve myself while visiting the memorial on Mt. Samat in Bataan and was a bit amused by this sign painted on the wall. Since I always wi-wi when I po-po, I wondered if I would need to pay 13 pesos, or is the price inclusive?

No credit cards were accepted, and I was almost broke at the time, so I made sure I just wi-wi'd. Unfortunately, I did not get a receipt.

In the middle of an IKEA furniture display - "Warning, this toilet cannot be used!"

 

I guess they're warning the exhibitionist contingent who might wish to do their business in the middle of a furniture display. Either that or there was an.. incident which caused these labels to be necessary. (Okay, I can see something happening involving a confused toddler or something, but confused toddlers generally can't read yet, so the signs would be useless).

 

That said, at least they also provide a brush so that people who ignore the warning can clean the bowl afterwards.

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Sign for Shunk, Ohio.

Philosophical Zen-like richness of street signs:

What is "a container"? Is container anything that contains something? Can liquid be carried without being contained? Is this, in fact, a definition of liquid - an object which has to be contained in other object? But isn't ANY object contained in some other object? Is containment a limitation of freedom, a restraint? And if so - is liquid unlucky entity that can never have its freedom? But then again - can liquid survive its freedom, can it survive being one entity without being restraint? As far as I know liquid would break into loads of little particles in the container-less dark vacuum of Universe, and hence it would lose its identity. Isn't it what we can say about human existence? The only freedom and liberation is death, when our bodies break up into loads of small little atoms?

And what about the definition of "open"? Can a bottle of whisky whose cap has been unscrewed and then screwed back on again be considered "open" even though it is closed? Can we draw the parallel analogy with virginity here? Once opened always considered open, even when closed? Can one ever regain one's viriginity? And can we extend this analogy to sins, crimes, regrets, wrong-doings? The time cannot be turned back, everything is recorded, inter-woven into a fabric of Universe, nothing can be undone, everything is built on what has already happened, trying to remove those foundations would cause the whole structure of time-space-continuuuuum to collapse?

And finally, if a policeman finds a half empty bottle of whisky in my possession - would he consider this bottle to be "open"? And if so, does "open" really means" something that has been contaminated, devoured, spent a little, i.e. something which is lacking it original qualities? "Open Air" - the air which we consume and contaminate by breathing out carbon dioxide?

And finally: what the hell "And/or" actually means? Is it "And or Or"? "or" stands for "one or another", but "and" encapsulates both - isn't then such statement logically invalid AND meaningless and therefore not executable by Law which is supposed to be logically and procedurally sound? Is this some advanced mathematical equation or is it a spiritual question about duality of everything that is, ying an yang stuff, everything is a part of everything else and therefore a container can be contained by the entity it contains? If some object is fully emerged in a liquid - can liquid be ever considered to be a container? Or is it perhaps a question of quantum physics - both potentialities exists but it is an observer, a participator who forces them into singular, exclusive mode?

And so on and on and on and on... Aristone! :)

donated this to the local graff shop....look at it in the large pic format to see all the artists....add yo self....

Fortunoff's Sign (1940s)

Pennsylvania & Livonia aves.

East New York, Brooklyn

 

Max (1896–1987) and Clara (1902–86) Fortunoff opened a neighborhood housewares store "under the El" at 561 Livonia Ave. in 1922. Eventually they expanded to eight stores within two blocks. They are credited with being one of the first discount sellers in the New York area. Part of their success was attributed to the fact that they were closed on Saturdays in observation of the Jewish Sabbath, which allowed them to legally open on Sundays when most retailers were closed.

 

They relocated their flagship store to Westbury, L.I., in 1964. The store went out of business in 2009.

 

© Matthew X. Kiernan

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RAF Coningsby 13.8.14

 

copyright © 2014 Chris Chennell

Identifier: 100250

 

Type:

Height: 1.7 cm

Width: 11.6 cm

Location: Drawer G15

 

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Seen near Trafalgar Square after the Women's March.

Ischgl, Austria

Happy New Year from Marengo, Iowa. A fine vintage neon motel sign still beckons travelers off of old US Highway 6. Pop. 2600.

ghost sign. penn bowling lanes. penn ave. Pittsburgh. PA

Photo taken 2/86.

 

My friend, Anna, and I came back to the Gemini after the signs had been taken down, and I captured these shots.

 

These trees line the entire perimeter of the theater and remained long after it was torn down. I don't know why, but they were finally removed in the 90's. What a shame.

 

Also, the main snack bar is the building in the background.

Old Kroger sign - Bloomington, Illinois - August 30, 2008

The Sign of Cancer

An alternative view of the Magnolia Hotel sign. The Magnolia Hotel is located at 1401 Commerce Street, in downtown Dallas.

 

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The sign is comical in itself: stick figure hits his head on overhanging sign. Beware!

 

But this is a SIGN ABOUT THE SIGN. The logic behind its existence escapes me: without the sign there, there would be no need to warn about it.

 

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It was taken with Enna Lithagon 35mm F3.5 (DKL) and the mount adapter.

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