Today’s post is a collection of monograms that I have discovered on buildings throughout my travels. I am including the monogram and the rest of the building so the sizing and use is apparent.Bosie, ID: Idaho Power Co, the initials IPCo appear right over the door in this Art Deco style building built in 1932.… Read More monogram letters
Happy Manhole Monday! I have gathered a few covers I have come across in my travels for today’s post and put them together to compare. First up, Home of the Blues.Memphis, TN: No one is blue here. Everyone is nicely spaced, as nicely spaced as you can get with type on a curve. What caught… Read More manhole covers, disappearing type and the typo
26 months ago I gave one of my talks to the AAF Kansas City chapter, came home and started to look ahead to my next talk in Omaha with the AAF Nebraska chapter. Then, the pandemic happened. I have missed being able to travel the country for my speaking engagements so much. Tomorrow — 26… Read More AAF Nebraska
Happy Manhole Monday! While snowed in over the weekend, I was thinking about how much I have missed traveling and my speaking engagements. It has always been something I have truly enjoyed and never once took for granted. As much as I have loved documenting pictures throughout my travels of the shiny neon, faded ghost… Read More cover with a view
I’m not sure why I have been thinking about this ghost sign lately but I wanted it to be my next post on my blog. I came across it while walking around Indianapolis, Indiana when I was there for a speaking engagement a few years. ago. I honestly don’t know how I spotted and it… Read More Can a ghost sign be sexy? Yes. Yes it can.
NOTE 1: I had to update my blog theme as my original one is no longer in service. I’m still working out the kinks and getting used to the layout so believe me when I say the misalignment and unevenness of the pictures bothers me more than you. NOTE 2: This blog post took about… Read More Double Rail Mounted Signs
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I reblog this post every year on September 11, we all have our own story from that day and how it has affected us. For me, the important thing is that we remember. We remember those who fought to save lives and we remember the lives that were lost. I…
Today’s post has been so fun and incredibly interesting to put together. It never ceases to amaze me how different the treatments are of the same words in different parts of the country. This post is a great example of that: comparing City Hall’s in 8 different cities. First up, Austin, TX! Built in 2004,… Read More City Hall
I am comparing 2 hotels today I have come across in my travels that have stuck with me. First up, the Hotel Robert E. Lee in San Antonio, Texas. The Robert E. Lee was one of the first air-conditioned buildings in Texas when it was built in 1922. The hotel slid into disrepair and closed… Read More hotels
I just came to my blog thinking it had only been a few weeks since I last posted and NOPE it has been 6 months. WTF. This year, man. I have had these motel pics ready to post for (what I thought was a few days) but in real time it has been a few… Read More motels
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