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Title: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: mcdonaat on December 14, 2012, 01:50:13 PM
Post photos of your favorite signs that you've either bought, rescued, or stumbled upon (yes, I did stumble upon a Louisiana highway sign on a non-state road, 12 miles from the nearest state highway).

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8349%2F8272430035_6686cd9100.jpg&hash=929f294b0c6659a3693d15b7a39c5a5ac15d0512)
Washington Parish 61 - from what I know, it's the last parish marker left in Washington Parish. A Louisiana highway forms the southern part of PR 61, so at the northern end of the route, you have old markers that are basically left untouched.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8500%2F8272429669_8c98840d1b.jpg&hash=0fd385ee795e4a638b9a857ec6d3d73fd87b1249)
LA 524 - my only wall-mountable green Louisiana shield. The ones I can mount are black and white, but that looks dull and boring! LA 524 marker is from 1999; green arrows are from the mid-sixties, based on the Louisiana shield mounted above.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Ian on December 14, 2012, 04:08:23 PM
My all time favorite shield that I own which will be in possession with me as long as I'm alive is my New Hampshire I-89 (http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1365/5098106318_81802406cd_b.jpg) shield. Some of the other ones that I also am favorable of are my Massachusetts I-95 (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3484/5728310891_a1bbbf8143_b.jpg) shield, my US 666 (http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4120/5432011181_c35593deac_b.jpg) shield, and my New York Thruway (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5293/5432649770_6d1d324834_b.jpg) shield.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Takumi on December 14, 2012, 04:34:13 PM
I have only a few signs, but this is probably the most, um, memorable.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash4%2F408936_3139909737926_345934942_n.jpg&hash=24c7f408693ff9f641469243cac59cf79df89538)

I'd have to say my US 101 cutout and old Speed Limit 35 are second and third.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Alps on December 14, 2012, 06:00:11 PM
I lack photos of a couple of my favorites. But I really have a lot to love around here.

My very own Bott's Dot, from Route 66 no less: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fca%2Fold_66%2Fbottt.jpg&hash=ae76882365b69a2e78970a5ea2b1dfece308a1e5)

This guy, because I'd never seen a Scotchlite arrow until Ebay: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fcurve.jpg&hash=35ede86336c9a83ec66dd8a521dfba7973cbe3ee)

A route that no longer exists in my home state, and the only wooden sign ever made by NJDOT for permanent installation: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fnj_31%2F69.jpg&hash=f760707f844686807509f692106c8e44ebad8be6)

Disembodied hand FTW (and a place that hasn't existed since the 1800s): (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fold%2Fmonmouth.jpg&hash=4ef03e2dbfe542d5989a7e34ab1db0c3e2c1fe18)

These guys from Colorado: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fco%2Fmisc%2F69.jpg&hash=b15c56f5054673855bd0f8c608f2132a4312bc88) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fco%2Fus_160%2Fus.jpg&hash=9dc2f984ea961f96cdb6c96179d2c41ce1b3f594)

Last and most, my favorite treasure, Kansas sunburst with the rays all pointing straight: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fks%2Fmisc%2F119.jpg&hash=04e3f94b2a665beaf650607d2c1bfa928c4c216b)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: 1995hoo on December 14, 2012, 06:29:59 PM
I don't have a photo of it, but my father has a moose crossing sign from Ontario that features a charging moose with its rack of antlers lowered. I've laid claim to the sign if he ever decides he no longer wants it or when the time comes to "inherit" it (hopefully THAT will not occur for a long time). We saw a lot of that style of sign in northern Ontario (up towards Cochrane and Timmins) on a family vacation in 1986 and my father liked the sign so much he ordered one from a store somewhere in the Toronto area. I do not recall the details.

We're having dinner at their house tomorrow night and I'll try to get a picture of the sign if I remember.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: US71 on December 14, 2012, 06:37:22 PM
These are the first signs I ever bought:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7152%2F6780476731_ef1fcde03d_z_d.jpg&hash=8aaf1c9997f0b110dbb91abc345c732c7c5e067d)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8295%2F7884392202_6a660ae8f6_z_d.jpg&hash=5c1157ef3b22e299b6005e55e4b074108302e118)
I don't remember what I paid: probably less than $20 each. I found them at a weekend flea market about 30 years ago.

I got this off e-bay 3-4 years ago
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7171%2F6780476961_c7e8a6c08b_d.jpg&hash=a1385807a4092c6c6e3038c519228fa96f5f7884)

Flea market find
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7142%2F6782301723_e6c9f89be2_d.jpg&hash=9dd94f66c23e9282c9679bbc2200da0f7e65e249)

Custom job courtesy of Jake
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7018%2F6780535823_18e839263b_d.jpg&hash=212a68ea8d14bd11faec54b0bda7a801d751240f)
He's also done a couple US shields for me.

Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Roadsguy on December 14, 2012, 07:23:00 PM
The only real road sign that I own is a slightly bent, not-that-old one-way sign that me and my dad picked up from the ground after it fell of the pole sometime before. :P
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 14, 2012, 11:29:51 PM
Quote from: Steve on December 14, 2012, 06:00:11 PM
This guy, because I'd never seen a Scotchlite arrow until Ebay: (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fcurve.jpg&hash=35ede86336c9a83ec66dd8a521dfba7973cbe3ee)

I don't believe that this is Scotchlite.  it appears to be made of a non-flexible heavy molded plastic instead.  that probably dates it to the 30s or 40s, before Scotchlite became popular.

in other news, this is my favorite sign:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MA/MA19300202i1.jpg)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on December 15, 2012, 08:22:17 AM
Dont have any one particular fave, but a few unusual or different ones that i like to show visitors.....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fazus666.jpg&hash=525445b967d2fb52ef2841d652cdd4e2e37d02f6)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FCTTpkeAssbly.jpg&hash=907fb413c12acf59b06117cf22a83d05157f6ec7)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fcti-86.jpg&hash=38bad1bd6a0eb95d397fcfef1d924f5d0613887a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fctus5greal.jpg&hash=e588e3eab1bab59d56d497d28afc68256b5ee760)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fdcus1.jpg&hash=0b699a429ea169c761d0e438f2f1b854feb441d3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fmassus3.jpg&hash=7986f1eb104fbc2503ea1dfc8a5be2880944cac7)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnj35.jpg&hash=e1ea783c466abfe5da9d9210bba815fc16ecd70f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fohus30bar.jpg&hash=0bb88ec1fe4633ecd69e8a7ad193f75a88f220e5)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Foh2castiron.jpg&hash=fa38cf27be30c0bd1e63d55dda2ba75e8d2fe2f4)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FontRR.jpg&hash=dd20fdab00026701caa4b5b9e21e006a7e7b50ad)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstccurveltwist.jpg&hash=577791c069b52970f4fdecc614912bf9bac93970)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Ftxi-35e.jpg&hash=00fcddc3d417e8557c1c35ba66b0b34ae0790173)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fwisus14.jpg&hash=40be9fdd70efd07f3300198b959ac82b60b85728)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: kphoger on December 15, 2012, 12:18:33 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on December 15, 2012, 08:22:17 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FCTTpkeAssbly.jpg&hash=907fb413c12acf59b06117cf22a83d05157f6ec7)

I love that it's on a post!
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Roadsguy on December 15, 2012, 01:48:42 PM
East CT Tpke. - the room

West CT Tpke. - that hallway :)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: bugo on December 15, 2012, 02:14:58 PM
I have two that stand out:  First is a US 59 embossed cutout from 1934:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3324/4559782648_a34cd102da_b.jpg)

Second is the only Arkansas I-49 sign known in existence.  I had it custom made:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu126%2Fbugo348%2Fsigns%2FroutemarkerI-49.jpg&hash=d6d0ebae0b8e1ed4c8d368ef47700f59ea3c9634)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: DaBigE on December 15, 2012, 03:50:49 PM
Pardon the low-quality phone pics:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages60.fotki.com%2Fv661%2Fphotos%2F0%2F847780%2F10720305%2Fphoto1-vi.jpg&hash=5bd752739910a2c13664b8dd22b5fe95d84772dc)
This assembly has the most personal meaning. Hwy 33 runs through the town I grew up in; went to East High School. 33 is the number for Heisman Trophy winning running back from Wisconsin, Ron Dayne. Hwy 33 is also the first project I worked on out of college.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages58.fotki.com%2Fv506%2Fphotos%2F0%2F847780%2F10720305%2Fphoto-vi.jpg&hash=65b71407f1c6e31758920246c9479a684b21570e)
This one was Frankenstein'd together from parts found on eBay, including the 3M sheeting. It hangs on the wall in my office at work.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages56.fotki.com%2Fv371%2Fphotos%2F0%2F847780%2F10720305%2Fphoto-vi.jpg&hash=fec740473c88bd90f5ae224d07b81c4fdc52236c)
Got this one on a close-out special from a sign manufacturer.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Central Avenue on December 15, 2012, 03:53:19 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on December 15, 2012, 03:50:49 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages56.fotki.com%2Fv371%2Fphotos%2F0%2F847780%2F10720305%2Fphoto-vi.jpg&hash=fec740473c88bd90f5ae224d07b81c4fdc52236c)
Got this one on a close-out special from a sign manufacturer.

I giggled, because I have the mind of a 12-year-old.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Kacie Jane on December 15, 2012, 07:58:56 PM
I'll see if I can post a picture of it and others in the near future, but my favorite has to be my 1948 NY 17 shield.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: KEVIN_224 on December 15, 2012, 08:08:15 PM
So the old Connecticut Turnpike was signed as EAST and WEST? Wow! That must have predated I-95. It definitely predates I-395 from Waterford to the MA border, since that portion of the Turnpike was CT Route 52 until the early 1980s.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Kacie Jane on December 15, 2012, 09:41:00 PM
I'm too lazy to look up dates at the moment, but regardless of which came first, there was a time at the beginning when not only was the turnpike signed east/west, but I-95 as well!  Not only that, but I believe that to this day, there are rogue east/west banners on US 1 in the state.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Alps on December 16, 2012, 12:42:51 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on December 15, 2012, 09:41:00 PM
I'm too lazy to look up dates at the moment, but regardless of which came first, there was a time at the beginning when not only was the turnpike signed east/west, but I-95 as well!  Not only that, but I believe that to this day, there are rogue east/west banners on US 1 in the state.
Interesting point on the latter - When I started roading around 2001-2, the east/west signs in the eastern part of CT had yet to be replaced for the most part, while most of the ones in the western part were gone. Sometime in the middle of the decade, CT came through, and now there are almost no east/west signs east of New Haven. Curiously, though, the once-few east/west signs in the western part of the state back in 2001-2 are still around now in 2012-3, making them the large majority of what you'll be able to find.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on December 16, 2012, 09:41:30 PM
Found these back in 2010 in Bridgeport, CT i think...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2F2010%2520Get%2520the%2520Hell%2520Out%2520of%2520Town%2520Tour%2FDSCF0047.jpg&hash=1c4e65e8f6aa5ff8feead7cbc70265f4843fc21f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2F2010%2520Get%2520the%2520Hell%2520Out%2520of%2520Town%2520Tour%2FDSCF0047.jpg&hash=1c4e65e8f6aa5ff8feead7cbc70265f4843fc21f)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: RJ145 on January 04, 2013, 04:40:30 PM
As you can probably tell, this one is my favorite. I finally found one after years of searching:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Ft%2FAUTHENTIC-AZ-ARIZONA-HIGHWAY-89A-ALUMINUM-SIGN-%2F00%2Fs%2FMTIwMFgxNjAw%2F%24%2528KGrHqR%2C%21jIFBe7dhiIMBQ%2CNebZY4w%7E%7E60_35.JPG&hash=0b157d710384d457b7fecfd304832c50f250c30f)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 08:33:02 PM
For Christmas, my parents had a street blade made with my first name on it:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VIaWa6lXKQ4/UNqbwB6tMtI/AAAAAAAACIw/O0K7i41Ds4Y/s800/DSCF2266.JPG)

So yeah, that's easily my favorite of the very few signs I own.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Takumi on January 04, 2013, 08:43:24 PM
I have to admit, as I was waiting for that picture to load, I expected a Central Avenue street blade.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 12:39:05 AM
Quote from: Takumi on January 04, 2013, 08:43:24 PM
I have to admit, as I was waiting for that picture to load, I expected a Central Avenue street blade.

I am certain we can find her one....
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on January 05, 2013, 06:39:52 AM
My favorite of the signs I own:

http://i.imgur.com/R6Jhg.jpg (E 176 St from the Bronx, a few blocks away from where my dad went to HS before he moved out to LI)

http://i.imgur.com/0FQF4.jpg (Edgar Av from Brookhaven, NY near where I went to elementary school)

http://i.imgur.com/y4ZVJ.jpg (Whiskey Rd from Coram/Middle Island/Ridge, NY)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/7032860325/ (NY 25 handpainted sign from somewhere on North Fork of LI, prob Suffolk County installation on Suffolk CR 48)

http://i.imgur.com/oQC5g.jpg (Granny Rd from Medford/Coram, NY)

http://i.imgur.com/gTAW8.jpg (from NYC, got them from a plastics manufacturer that was doing the light up signs, these were prototypes)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/5870346186/ yellow STOP, have no idea where this was from

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/5245635290/ Southern State Pkwy. and NY 27 that I got new from a few different sign manufacturers
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 03:41:07 PM
Picked up another interesting piece or two....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnjus19.jpg&hash=8f92e6b7a90f150983b467d221ab47b6397f4fc4)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnynethru.jpg&hash=e3931a3dd509981bb5d361e6c5118fe5579c7f35)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Foh16.jpg&hash=042bb25c8f77647914dbbcadf2b602176bb46e2d)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Jim on January 05, 2013, 11:16:32 PM
Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: cjk374 on January 05, 2013, 11:31:57 PM
Quote from: Jim on January 05, 2013, 11:16:32 PM
Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?

Not at all.  To each their own.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: 6a on February 04, 2013, 10:20:53 PM
Quote from: Jim on January 05, 2013, 11:16:32 PM
Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?


I only have a couple, but I like the few I have.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F25la.jpg&hash=096a95e9af5c8373c8c10910e80d97042664322e)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on February 08, 2013, 02:42:51 AM
http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Central Avenue on February 08, 2013, 05:06:04 PM
Quote from: nyratk1 on February 08, 2013, 02:42:51 AM
http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s
I love that lettering.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on February 09, 2013, 06:38:35 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on February 08, 2013, 05:06:04 PM
Quote from: nyratk1 on February 08, 2013, 02:42:51 AM
http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s
I love that lettering.
Me too, although the Manhattan/Bronx/Brooklyn blue humpback porcelain signs from the late 20s to late 40s are even better:
http://i.imgur.com/Zofi0Qr.jpg (not mine, although I wish it was)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: US71 on February 09, 2013, 08:18:45 PM
I picked one up recently:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8190%2F8366312824_b2d607e42d_c_d.jpg&hash=856bab830228b1f643364ecce4f73642461d3213)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Alex on February 09, 2013, 11:19:25 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 03:41:07 PM
Picked up another interesting piece or two....

I always loved the New England Thruway trailblazer, that is one I would love have in my collection too!




(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/DE/DE19641131i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=DE19641131)

This one was given to me as a gift and it instantly became one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on February 10, 2013, 04:02:16 PM
Quote from: US71 on February 09, 2013, 08:18:45 PM
I picked one up recently:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8190%2F8366312824_b2d607e42d_c_d.jpg&hash=856bab830228b1f643364ecce4f73642461d3213)


Good catch!
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on June 14, 2013, 03:45:58 AM
A few more new pickups that I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/8747484073/ (Carleton Ave. sign blade - Suffolk CR 17)

http://i.imgur.com/jroNdXI.jpg (Montauk Hwy. sign blade - Suffolk CR 80/former NY 27 and NY 27A, came from interesection in East Moriches, NY)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/8716145366/ (Suffolk CR 16 shield, sticker on back has it being installed in 1997)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: US71 on August 19, 2013, 10:03:56 AM
A recent acquisition
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/998288_10201179705367160_2002449579_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Signal on August 19, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5329%2F9548074894_a9c6078b26_z.jpg&hash=a69f2eca65df93ae8e7281b6d73eb0698297e8a2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9548074894/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5487%2F9548071800_c7f4364209_z.jpg&hash=176516ed3b1fc55d6909d26454d1d9b8719c550c) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9548071800/)

For size reference, bike signs are 12x18 + 12x12, double arrow sign is 24x24
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on August 31, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
You all have seen my spiffy red YIELD RIGHT OF WAY'.....here are a few more recent additions

From Connecticut....these were going extinct in the early 70s, but i recall a few of them....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstc-schoolsign1_zpsb3d565f3.jpg&hash=d4f7131fc49387c62425388283062953984b62f1) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/stc-schoolsign1_zpsb3d565f3.jpg.html)

Normal light and flash
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fctus7_zps5c35add6.jpg&hash=ac453b7b87656337d0ab94df397c8fddd6b0e52d) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/ctus7_zps5c35add6.jpg.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fctus7-flash_zpsf3bb74ed.jpg&hash=dbf0d79204c36a41db61bc39d4f44954698f6efc) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/ctus7-flash_zpsf3bb74ed.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstc24stopwoodmarbles_zpsf2410ed6.jpg&hash=3f561a1825954864f862ef59129b9ed90b145074) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/stc24stopwoodmarbles_zpsf2410ed6.jpg.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstc24stopwoodmarblesflash_zps71ffd58d.jpg&hash=7db4afef3581662d92c28f3e34252752b50a1e63) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/stc24stopwoodmarblesflash_zps71ffd58d.jpg.html)

and finally, an extinct Ohio route.....Ohio 440 was the temporary designation used on the National Road when US 40 was relocated onto I-70 in the 1960s-early 70s....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Foh440_zps650ea0b6.jpg&hash=d88626ad1dcdfa01e1f12626b058ffdf358cf788) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/oh440_zps650ea0b6.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeFICOrt.jpg&hash=7fb6b06612629b7e98eb2b517c7ae1c253201a0c)

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Alps on September 14, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeFICOrt.jpg&hash=7fb6b06612629b7e98eb2b517c7ae1c253201a0c)

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on September 14, 2013, 04:55:12 AM
Quote from: Steve on September 14, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.
$60 + $12 S&H
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: ctsignguy on September 14, 2013, 09:31:53 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 14, 2013, 04:55:12 AM
Quote from: Steve on September 14, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.
$60 + $12 S&H
*yep.....jealous!*
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: Alps on September 15, 2013, 02:32:21 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 14, 2013, 04:55:12 AM
Quote from: Steve on September 14, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.
$60 + $12 S&H
hook me up with your source
Title: Re: Your favorite signs that you own
Post by: nyratk1 on September 15, 2013, 03:00:27 AM
Quote from: Steve on September 15, 2013, 02:32:21 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 14, 2013, 04:55:12 AM
Quote from: Steve on September 14, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on September 13, 2013, 04:46:03 PM
Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.
If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.
$60 + $12 S&H
hook me up with your source
old-antiques-4-you on eBay, judging by past items sold, it's not much of a source.