photos of old signs on the internet

agentsteel53 · August 12, 2009, 08:19:10 PM

the glass reflectors are about 1929-1942 vintage, though some states used them well into the 60s

Alps · August 12, 2009, 11:53:32 PM

This entire thread makes me weep.

florida · August 13, 2009, 01:08:37 AM

Maybe if we got angry and headed to AASHTO's headquarters with pitchforks and rudeness, we could get them to stop being conformists?

ctsignguy · August 14, 2009, 09:23:26 PM

How about if we went to their headquarters armed with 16x16 embossed steel US shields and drop the ends on their bare tootsies?

florida · August 15, 2009, 12:00:37 PM

Quote from: ctsignguy on August 14, 2009, 09:23:26 PM
How about if we went to their headquarters armed with 16x16 embossed steel US shields and drop the ends on their bare tootsies?

Can we hold up signs stating, "Death to AASHTO"?

ctsignguy · August 15, 2009, 04:52:10 PM

"DEATH....or a Reasonable Alternative!"

Hellfighter · August 17, 2009, 04:13:41 PM

Here's an old photo of an overhead gantry on the Lodge Freeway

njroadhorse · August 17, 2009, 04:53:16 PM

Well, with PennDOT renumbering I-376 and I-279, this is technically an old assembly

Hellfighter · August 17, 2009, 07:20:28 PM

US71 · August 17, 2009, 11:48:16 PM

http://photos.ark-ives.com/deane/1473_20r.jpg

I also like the STOP sign hiding in the corner

florida · August 19, 2009, 02:53:42 AM

These are from http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/

The first generation Secondary Route shields (as mentioned in the Florida thread). There were pictures dated from 1953-1960 showing these (don't know how accurate the dates are, but they should be pretty accurate).

S-250

S-179A

US 41 at SR 683

US 1 in St. Augustine (at Carrera St.)

This one looks familiar

SR 44 in DeLand

Another version of SR 44

Florida I-4

Button Copy on I-4 (now exit 25)

I-4 in Tampa

How about a colored US 27/US 319 duplex? (1960)

Green Cove Springs

Hellfighter · August 27, 2009, 11:30:34 PM

corco · September 05, 2009, 10:19:40 PM

I found a couple old signs out in the wild today

http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/IMG_3179.JPG

That one's at the northern terminus of WYO 343 at WYO 345 north of Dayton- looks to be an original I-90 trailblazer

http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/IMG_3358.JPG
I pulled onto a side road off WYO 290 to take a piss and when I came back I found that junction sign. It looks to be pretty old, but there are no legible markings on the back of it. I'm not sure what era that highway sign is from or if it was ever a standard sign

agentsteel53 · September 05, 2009, 10:26:09 PM

WTF is up with that state route marker? It definitely was not a standard. Wyoming state shields have had identifying stickers for many years... you can see the "00" for the I-90 shield. That 90 may have been made by a Montana contractor - that state is known for its peeling legends.

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=MT19790902t100900.jpg&search=90

wytout · September 06, 2009, 12:14:17 PM

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I had NO idea that eBay was around back then

agentsteel53 · September 06, 2009, 12:59:06 PM

Quote from: wytout on September 06, 2009, 12:14:17 PM
I had NO idea that eBay was around back then

their main server was the size of a city.

Hellfighter · September 07, 2009, 02:08:45 PM

agentsteel53 · September 07, 2009, 02:39:49 PM

wow, that 10-12 is a classic!

wytout · September 10, 2009, 07:46:01 PM

Quotetheir main server was the size of a city.

Hence the sign!

Look at the old small-font Interstate signs there in Detroit. That's a nice pic hellfighter!

Hellfighter · September 10, 2009, 08:29:03 PM

Mapmikey · September 14, 2009, 04:12:34 PM

The NC Postcard Project has a number of postcards that show route shields...I will post links later but here is one that shows the brief US 401 before US 15A came along in 1935 was indeed posted in the field:

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/nc_post&CISOPTR=1647&CISOBOX=1&REC=2
In the viewer, zooming in 1 time improves the resolution...

Other shields I have found include NC 70, old NC 47, NC 284...

Mapmikey

wytout · September 15, 2009, 08:03:55 AM

found this one in an Ad in a 1953 Life Magazine I was thumbing through last weekend. Technically it wasn't an old sign on the internet at the time, but since I uploaded the picture to my server i guess it qualifies as an old sign on the internet now

From OH, 1953...

Where Concurrent US 127/OH 128 junctions w/ concurrent OH 129/OH 177 in Hamilton.

thenetwork · September 15, 2009, 07:29:20 PM

Hellfighter:

That pic of the I-75/Square Lake Road gantry is unusual in that, I have NEVER seen Michigan use any kind of lighting for their overhead BGS. That is a rarity indeed!

Hellfighter · September 15, 2009, 11:32:00 PM

Mapmikey · September 16, 2009, 12:05:35 PM

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