International tomato

Sold off the pallet

The tomatoes are from Guatemala, the company is in Kingsville, ON, they are on sale at a store in Queens (New York City), the weight is one and one-half pounds, the price is ninety nine cents per box, the sign is a classic.

Spelling with numbers

 

7's and 3's make spelling easy

 

This side of the gas station sign uses 3's, 7's, and two different styles of "$" to say:  "PLEASE STOP STEALING R LETTERS".

 

The other side of this gas station sign had all the letters needed to advertise the gas station mart. 

 

 

 

Our hours are

 

What time is it now?

 

When are they open?   8am to 1pm?  8am to noon?  If they close for lunch from 12pm to 1pm, do the employees have to stay for that hour and eat lunch at work?  Can the employees go out for lunch at 12pm and come back at 1pm to close up for the day?  Can they say they are open from 8am to 1pm, but close up for the day at 12pm, and take off for lunch?  Do the employees get paid for lunch?  So many questions, so no answers...

 

 

The O in Hotpoint

 

"O", "O", and "O"

 

That "O" is the second "O" in the word HOTPOINT.  This enamel metal neon sign served a store that sold Hotpoint and other brands of appliances.   Restored, the sign now lights up for an establishment in zipcode 02809.

This 'in context' view is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Read the reflection

This neon sign is one of possibly four such signs in the USA.  Three of these signs are functional and light up.  The fourth appears to be for sale but needs restoration.

 

 

Signpost circle

 

Circular signpost holder

 

The remnants of removed signposts remain in the cement circle seen in the sidewalk of the street beneath our feet.

 

Shady returns

RETURNS 24 HOURS sign

The slanted afternoon sun turns the raised lettering of this sign into a shadow font

Fruity signs

Pick a color, any color!

Colorful descriptions and fanciful fonts entice shoppers to buy fruit at the corner store.

 

Cotton Candy and Sno Cones

SNO CONES - COTTON CANDY

Unusual choices of kerning, tracking, fonts, and colors make this refreshment stand sign an attention grabber; it also adds to the slightly unreal feeling of being at the fair.

 

Revealing brushstrokes

Hand painted sign

The faded paint on this sign reveals where the sign painter used a fully loaded brush and where that brush was running short.

 

Update: a recent site visit reveals that this sign has been removed and the storefront is being renovated.

 

Sign of the tomatoes

Plum Tomatoes 59 </ LB

The plum tomatoes are your everyday tomatoes from a truck farm in New Jersey.  The sign is not.  A lot of thought and talent went in to creating that:  the "O"-s are little tomatoes, the letter color is almost  the same color as the tomatoes, some of the letters are shaped like tomatoes, and, there is the innovative use of the "<" and "|" to represent the "cents" symbol.