Last weekend, my boyfriend and I went to Cincinnati to the American Sign Museum. We didn't really know what to expect, but it turns out that it's a collection of signs from the early 1900s through the 1960s. The owner, Tod, has personally purchased tons of neon signs from restaurants, hotels, and other businesses, plus he knows the history of the signs and of signage in general. Super informative tour, and one that I highly recommend to anyone who will be in the Cincy area.
Anyway, I had to share the picture of this Dutch Boy Donuts sign from Denver, Colo., in 1948. The windmill "rotates," which makes it even cooler. The bottom picture is a picture of the actual bakery in Denver. If you go to the museum, make sure you check out the giant world with neon cars that revolve around it. The sign used to hang next to the LA freeway and has bullet hole entrance and exit wounds through the globe. Excellent.
Posts
But where is your latest Dutch phrase???
ReplyDeleteRight! I learned about real and fake this weekend: De kat is echt (the cat is real). And I learned: Het schilderij is op de vloer (the painting is on the floor).
ReplyDelete