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Title: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: ctsignguy on March 29, 2009, 12:00:49 AM

Since i had a 'nothing' day today, i took the chance to head to Eastern Ohio...and shoot this photo

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0145.jpg&hash=0aa99da7fc3e1ce10fefe5523f9ce75e0f44e72a)

A difference in EIGHTY years....

top sign, (2007) 30x24, aluminum, diamond sheeting...

lower sign, (1927) 10.5 x10.5, embossed steel, non-reflective paint

even more striking than the paired 661s i shot last year

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: yanksfan6129 on March 29, 2009, 12:16:24 PM

I like the bottom one better (if only it wasn't so dirty/rusty)

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: ctsignguy on March 29, 2009, 01:15:45 PM

That isnt dirt on the sign...the dark brown is rust...the lighter 'brown' is actually yellow, the sign's original color (Jake and I think this was a field repaint...the original Ohio colors were black on yellow)

and it was decided when i got this sign that it be left as it was...not many Ohio markers of that vintage have original paint on them (a couple do, the rest have been restored from the rust that coated them)

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: Ian on March 29, 2009, 02:34:55 PM

Well my favorite out of those signs is the SOUTH placard :love: :-D

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: Chris on March 29, 2009, 03:08:23 PM

Why would a DOT place an 80 year old sign on a new pole? Just for us roadgeeks? :clap:

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: Scott5114 on March 31, 2009, 03:44:32 AM

QuoteWhy would a DOT place an 80 year old sign on a new pole? Just for us roadgeeks?

A DOT wouldn't. A roadgeek would, though :P

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: Voyager on March 31, 2009, 04:24:02 AM

Why were the signs so much smaller back then?

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: mightyace on March 31, 2009, 05:29:04 AM

Well, you couldn't drive as fast, so they didn't need to be as big! :-D :biggrin:

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: ctsignguy on April 02, 2009, 07:33:23 AM

*g* quite the size difference, eh?

that little sign makes even my embossed Ohio cutout look huge in comparision...

and i imagine that Ohio realized early on that larger signs would be needed considering that little basic Ohio design was changed in 1928 to a larger and simplified version

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: Bryant5493 on April 07, 2009, 10:13:57 AM

I didn't notice that sign, at first. At first glance, I thought you were talking about the detour sign. :-D

Be well,

Bryant

Title: Re: Just HAD to do this....
Post by: ctsignguy on April 08, 2009, 07:04:48 PM

That was part of the point...to show how incredibly tiny those early signs were compared to today's signs...

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