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 ...
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 ...
On Thursday, the Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas debuted “Brilliant!”— an audiovisual immersion experience that uses technology advances to reanimate 40 monumental examples of the museum’s iconic ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Westside Billiards on San Carlos Street had a packed house when the Preservation Action Council of San Jose held a fundraiser last week to help fully restore the pool hall’s vintage sign. Some of the ...
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 ...
The town of Berthoud replaced its 20-year-old, worn-out welcome signs with three new ones with a retro flair, a move that the town’s administrators said celebrated Berthoud’s small town, agricultural ...