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December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Newberry Inn, Newberry, South Carolina. As the sign says, all conveniences.
#vintagemotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #MCM #vintagepostcard
#vintagemotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #MCM #vintagepostcard
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Newberry Inn, Newberry, South Carolina. As the sign says, all conveniences.
#vintagemotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #MCM #vintagepostcard
#vintagemotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #MCM #vintagepostcard
Check out the ears and earrings on this seated figure. Then consider my book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, as a gift for the person who has everything else. Order at www.lulu.com/shop/william...
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Check out the ears and earrings on this seated figure. Then consider my book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, as a gift for the person who has everything else. Order at www.lulu.com/shop/william...
Touhy Lumber Co., Sheridan Road, Zion, Illinois. Now site of a strip mall.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Touhy Lumber Co., Sheridan Road, Zion, Illinois. Now site of a strip mall.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
Category confusion: Oh My Gauze! 5th Avenue South, Naples, Florida. For that hard-to-shop-for friend who claims to have everything, I recommend my book of interesting business names, which I guarantee they don’t have. You can buy Bizarre Bazaars via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Category confusion: Oh My Gauze! 5th Avenue South, Naples, Florida. For that hard-to-shop-for friend who claims to have everything, I recommend my book of interesting business names, which I guarantee they don’t have. You can buy Bizarre Bazaars via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
Steve's Place. Chicago Avenue near Franklin. The kind of prosaic sign you used to see all over but now that they have mostly vanished, like this one, you can no longer take them for granted.
#gyrosproject #gyros #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
#gyrosproject #gyros #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Steve's Place. Chicago Avenue near Franklin. The kind of prosaic sign you used to see all over but now that they have mostly vanished, like this one, you can no longer take them for granted.
#gyrosproject #gyros #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
#gyrosproject #gyros #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
Note the putting green below the Country Club Inn Motel, Jct. U.S. 30 & 81, South of Columbus, Nebraska. But then check out the fins on those cars, the colorful rooms and the MCMness of the flat roof. This postcard view seems to drain the life out of all of it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Note the putting green below the Country Club Inn Motel, Jct. U.S. 30 & 81, South of Columbus, Nebraska. But then check out the fins on those cars, the colorful rooms and the MCMness of the flat roof. This postcard view seems to drain the life out of all of it.
yO!gurt. Calle del Comercio, Toledo, Spain. Yo! It's Gurt! For hundreds of other interesting business names check out my book, Bizarre Bazaars, which you can buy via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
yO!gurt. Calle del Comercio, Toledo, Spain. Yo! It's Gurt! For hundreds of other interesting business names check out my book, Bizarre Bazaars, which you can buy via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
This straightforward sign long ago graced the corner Diversey and Maplewood. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This straightforward sign long ago graced the corner Diversey and Maplewood. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
Prince George Hotel, Georgetown, South Carolina. Gone
#vintagehotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #vintagepostcard
#vintagehotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #vintagepostcard
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Prince George Hotel, Georgetown, South Carolina. Gone
#vintagehotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #vintagepostcard
#vintagehotel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #vintagepostcard
A pair of plain old bottle-cap figures, the kind that used to be founds in droves at Chicagoland thrift stores. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, features more than 200 examples. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A pair of plain old bottle-cap figures, the kind that used to be founds in droves at Chicagoland thrift stores. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, features more than 200 examples. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The brilliance of lovingly rendered fast food at Sam’s Drive Inn on Central Avenue. Alas, this display is long gone, with fewer and fewer examples to replace it. But, you can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The brilliance of lovingly rendered fast food at Sam’s Drive Inn on Central Avenue. Alas, this display is long gone, with fewer and fewer examples to replace it. But, you can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cappadocia Natural Viagara Market. Fresh and Traditional Nuts. Uchisar, Turkey. For hundreds of other interesting business names check out my book, Bizarre Bazaars, which you can buy via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cappadocia Natural Viagara Market. Fresh and Traditional Nuts. Uchisar, Turkey. For hundreds of other interesting business names check out my book, Bizarre Bazaars, which you can buy via eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/33519963...
Jr's Kitchen, MacArthur Highway, Peoria. Not sure if it is coming or going.
#roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #peoria
#roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #peoria
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Jr's Kitchen, MacArthur Highway, Peoria. Not sure if it is coming or going.
#roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #peoria
#roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #peoria
Gamecock Motel, Santee, South Carolina. “An outstanding superior motel with an excellent restaurant on the premises.”
#vintagemotel #motel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers #vintagepostcard
#vintagemotel #motel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers #vintagepostcard
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gamecock Motel, Santee, South Carolina. “An outstanding superior motel with an excellent restaurant on the premises.”
#vintagemotel #motel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers #vintagepostcard
#vintagemotel #motel #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers #vintagepostcard
Always happy to see this nicely repurposed White Tower building when walking through Central Square, Cambridge, Mass.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #whitetower
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #whitetower
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Always happy to see this nicely repurposed White Tower building when walking through Central Square, Cambridge, Mass.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #whitetower
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #whitetower
A trio of fine signs at Al's Tap, Beach Park, Illinois.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
September 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A trio of fine signs at Al's Tap, Beach Park, Illinois.
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
An unusual capless bottle-cap figure. The form mimics conventional figures. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, features more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but artistically impactful sculpture. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
An unusual capless bottle-cap figure. The form mimics conventional figures. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, features more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but artistically impactful sculpture. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
Another spinning gyros, this one at Delicious Dogs & Subs, a fully decorated fast-food palace once located on the corner of Clark Street and Lawrence Avenue. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
September 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Another spinning gyros, this one at Delicious Dogs & Subs, a fully decorated fast-food palace once located on the corner of Clark Street and Lawrence Avenue. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside
A former A&W in Oglesby, Illinois, complete with Papa and his burger. And they’ve got Porks!
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
September 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A former A&W in Oglesby, Illinois, complete with Papa and his burger. And they’ve got Porks!
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
#roadsideart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers
A well-appointed bottle-cap gal. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, is now available, featuring more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but artistically impactful sculpture. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
September 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A well-appointed bottle-cap gal. My book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, is now available, featuring more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but artistically impactful sculpture. Order via www.lulu.com/shop/william...
At this angle the top-like gyros of Mr. G's would be spinning out of the broiler. Clark Street and Estes. Long gone. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
August 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
At this angle the top-like gyros of Mr. G's would be spinning out of the broiler. Clark Street and Estes. Long gone. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
#gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA_roadside #signage #signlovers
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM