I saw an interesting vintage sign listed for sale and it brought back some memories. I fondly remember Smokey Bear teaching us about forest fires when I was a child. Who can forget the phrase that Smokey repeated time and time again; “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires”. This was a slogan that I can [...]
While away on vacation this past week in a small town a few hours from my home, I found a piece of history that is now forgotten, yet still existing. While walking down the historic downtown section of town I noticed a newer building made to look like an old building, but it was clearly [...]
It’s pretty hard to discuss vintage signs without mentioning Coca Cola. Among vintage signs that you may see when you’re out shopping or even at restaurants, vintage metal Coca Cola signs seem to be the most popular. Not all Coca Cola signs are actually vintage signs though. Some are reproductions that have been created to [...]
I grew up on a farm and will always remember those old tractors and farm implements that we still used even though many of them, inlcuding the tractor was over 40 years old. In the top section of our barn where we parked the tractor and kept the hay we had some old license plates [...]
Depending on your age, you might remember Elsie the Cow, the mascot most used in Borden Dairy advertising. At one time Borden was the largest dairy products producer in the United States, based in Columbus Ohio. It was founded in 1857 by Gail Borden Jr. and it’s main product sales came from condensed milk which [...]
Vintage Texaco signs show off the rich heritage of the automotive and oil industry in the United States like no other. Perhaps one of the most recognizable logos in the United States, Texaco has been around since 1901, originally called the Texas Oil Company. The company grew over the years and at one point [...]
Looking for a way to decorate a room in your house, store or restaurant? Vintage tobacco signs are a piece of history. Now with laws on smoking becoming tighter, there are a number of rules when it comes to advertising tobacco related products.
Vintage tobacco signs are reminiscent of a time when there were no tobacco [...]