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Location: Spotted on Long Island Photos Taken: August 2006 I spotted this amazing bus at a garage getting a little bit of a tune-up one evening in 2006. It’s a real looker! So much to see in that fabulous paint job. (Be sure to click pics to enlarge) While at home from work one afternoon, [...]

Location: W 25th St. / 7th Ave, New York, NY Photos Taken: January 2010 Google StreetView According to the fabulously informative website 14to42.net, the sign was painted by the Mack Sign Company in 1951.

Photos Taken: May 2010 Location: East Islip, NY “Schaefer – Our Hand Has Never Lost It’s Skill” Found in the Long Island town of East Islip heading east on Montauk Highway.

Photos Taken: May 2010 Location: Route 25 Riverhead, NY A terrific Long Island fading ad wall mural found heading westbound on Route 25 in Riverhead> Mural is an ad for Tommasini’s Appliance Store. “Tommasini’s Kitchen Appliances Televisions – Stereos – Gifts    Authorized LILCO Appliance Dealer”

Photos Taken: January 2010 Location: 509 W. 38th St. New York, NY For More Information: 14 to 42.com A fading ad – what is left of the Franco American Baking Co. mural on W. 38th Street in New York City.


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  • Debra Jane Seltzer: More about these single arch "shield signs" here: http://www.agilitynut.com/eateries/mcd2.html [...]
  • jay perry: i am the owner of the building the sign is attached to. i should say the former owner. i sold to che [...]
  • Jennifer Pierce: I try to come home to Skowhegan every year. It saddens & angers me to see the condition of our I [...]
  • Mod Betty / RetroRoadmap.com: That looks like a total blast from the past! Was it really taken in May 2011? [...]
  • roadsidewonders: Wish I was pulling in for a hamburger right this minute! [...]