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Signs & Billboards

Posted by Periodicals/Reference Librarian

A sign is something that can point you towards an attraction – towards a milkshake, a movie, or a neighboring town — but some signs are so unique, or so bleakly common, that they themselves become attractions (or un-attractions). Check out some of the more unusual signs here at the picture collection – there are 98 pictures and 12 booklets waiting for you.

Queens, NY
KalTech Industries Group
Manufacturers of Environmental Graphics and Signage
InfoNorm Sign System

Amarillo, Texas
Photo by Howard Ande

Drive-In Movie Theaters

Drive-In Movie Theaters

Zambia
National Geographic. September 2005.
Photo by Lynn Johnson.

Black & White Magazine, Issue 45. September 2006.

Geo.

Geo.

Bangkok, Thailand
National Geographic. November 1955.

National Lampoon, August 1990.

National Lampoon, August 1989.

National Lampoon, August 1989.

Posted in Picture Collection, Signs & Billboards

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Holidays – Halloween

Posted by Periodicals/Reference Librarian

Happy Halloween!!

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon Mask

October 1969

October 1960

October 1973

October 1973

Illustration by Adam McCauley

CapriSun Ad

1984 Advertisement for CapriSun

Sun Maid Raisins Advertisement, October 1965.

Sun Maid Raisins Advertisement, October 1965.

Advertisement by the California Raisin Advisory Board, October 1975.

Advertisement by the California Raisin Advisory Board, October 1975.

Advertisement for Nickel Stainless Steel, 1964.

Advertisement for Nickel Stainless Steel
Life, September 18, 1964.

Ricky's Poster Advertisement, 2003.

Ricky’s Poster Advertisement, 2003.

Ricky's Poster Advertisement, 2003.

Ricky’s Poster Advertisement, 2003.

Halloween in Switzerland

October 24, 197[?]

Posted in Halloween, Holidays, Picture Collection

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