Sign Collection (#32)

Boat day in, Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA
Boat day in Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Street in Lovelock, Nevada, USA, with the Pershing County Court House at the far end. Date: 1940s

Service station, Wendover, Utah-Nevada, USA
State Line Service Station at Wendover, on the border between Utah and Nevada, USA. Date: 1950s

North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Dad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Oreana, Nevada, USA
Dad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Route 40, Oreana, Nevada, USA, showing the legendary Dad Lee Baker standing outside. Date: circa 1935

Coca Cola Bottling Co, Covington, Tennessee, USA
Premises of the Coca Cola Bottling Company in Covington, Tennessee, USA. Date: 1946

Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Broughton Street seen from Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Date: circa 1908

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Night view of Empress Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Night view of the Empress Theatre and Cinema, Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1913

Creighton Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
The Creighton Orpheum Theatre, 15th and Harney, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, named after John A Creighton, a local businessman and philanthropist. Date: circa 1908

Automobile Row, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Automobile Row on Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, full of car showrooms, car dealers and garages. Date: 1916

Main Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA
Aerial view of Main Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA, looking south from the roof garden of the Citizens Bank building. Date: 1911

A group of Japanese children at a library
Japanese children surround a man signing things at a public library. Date: 1932

Gruen Watch Makers Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Workshops of the Gruen Watch Makers Guild (east view), Time Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: 1935

East Main Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA
View of East Main Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

Street at election time in Canton, Ohio, USA
View of North Market from Public Square at election time in Canton, Ohio, USA, with banners on display for the Democrats William J Bryan and John W Kern, as well as one for the Stark County Fair

South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
View of South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1908

State Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1905

Where to write on an American Travellers Cheque
Explanation of what to write and where to sign on an American Travellers Cheque. Date: 1920s

Old Heidelberg Restaurant, Miami, Florida, USA
Old Heidelberg Restaurant, 151 SE 2nd Street, Miami, Florida, USA, with German style food, drink and atmosphere. Date: 1931

Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
View of Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, including Dover Street tube station (right) which was later renamed Green Park. circa 1920

Night view of State Street, Bristol, Tennessee, USA, with the Olympic Theatre on the left, and the state line with Virginia down the middle of the road. Date: 1917

A Japanese traffic controller holds onto his sign, and is blowing his whistle. The sign he holds currently reads Stop. Date: 1932

Night scene, South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Night scene in South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: 1913

Main Street, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Main Street looking north, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1908

Mr Crane the tailor making a suit for Mr Mouse, watched by two rabbits. Date: circa 1933

Hippo, mouse, lion and others at a dance
A hippo, a mouse, a lion, a bear, a giraffe and others at a dance. How will Miss Hippo manage to dance with Mr Mouse? Date: circa 1933

Elephant, bear, pig, lion and mouse on a tram
An elephant, a bear, a pig, a lion and a mouse riding on a tram. The mouse politely offers the elephant his seat. Date: circa 1933

Bear, elephant, pig, rabbit, pelican and mice
A bear, an elephant, a pig and a rabbit look over a fence at a pelican and two mice. The pelican, with its large beak, is acting as a removal firm for the mice. Date: circa 1933

Hippo, elephant, mouse, pig and rabbit
A hippo goes for a swim, despite the No Bathing sign. A mouse throws him a line, thinking he might be drowning. An elephant, a pig and a rabbit stand watching. Date: circa 1933

Elephant asked to keep off the grass
An elephant is asked by a rabbit policeman to keep off the grass, by order of Bunny Town Council. Date: circa 1933

Illustration, Pierce Egans Book of Sports
Illustration to the opening page of Pierce Egans Book of Sports, showing people on a stagecoach on their way to the Epsom Races. A copy of Egans book is handed over. Date: 1832

Am Tag, Heath Robinson
Am Tag! Die Deutsche Kommen (Very)! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 2. With the aid of an ingenious device, the Germans send English dispatches astray

The Lord Mayors Show
Marking the territorial army jubilee at the Lord Mayors Show in London. Among other scenes: a tableaux depicting the history of the territorial army

Minato-Gawa (Theatre) Street, Kobe, Japan, on a wet day. Date: circa 1920

Motomachi Street, Kobe, Japan, with Sakaeya & Co on the left, selling stamps and postcards, the towns first postcard publisher. circa 1910

Minatogawa Public Garden, Kobe, Japan
People in Minatogawa Public Garden, Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1910

Street scene with parasols in Kobe, Japan
Motomachi Street, showing women with parasols, in Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1925

Street scene with cinema in Kobe, Japan
Minato-Gawa (Theatre Street) with the Kwansai-Ichi Asahikwan Cinema in Kobe, Japan. Posters outside the cinema depict Eileen Sedgwick in The Diamond Queen (1921). Date: circa 1921

Street scene in Kobe, Japan
Street scene with gate and stone lanterns in Kobe, Japan, at the approach to the Ikuta Shrine. circa 1925

Inchon Military Port, South Korea
Inchon (Incheon) Military Port, 21st Transportation Medium Port, South Korea, July 1954. It was a US Army command post during the Korean War. Date: 1954

High Street with trolley bus, Singapore
High Street with trolley bus no. 28, Singapore. circa 1920

People shopping, Inner Mongolia, northern China
People shopping at a market stall in Inner Mongolia, northern China. Date: 1953

Page design, two young women, School Silhouettes
Page design in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting two young women in their room, one doing exercises on the floor

Two women outside a village shop with their car standing waiting with the doors open. Date: circa 1930s

Man and car outside Post Office, John o Groats, Scotland
Man and car outside the Post Office, John o Groats, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Men at coastal storage hut
Men at a coastal storage hut with figureheads from ships on display. Date: circa 1930s

Seaplane in a field, with two men in uniform standing alongside. Date: circa 1940s

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