I just got an ANCIENT stop sign! Can anyone tell me how old it is?

[bandit957]

A few weeks ago, I acquired a stop sign that's mighty old. It's embossed, it uses the old squarish font, and it even says THRU STREET. But I can't tell whether it was originally red or yellow.

Here's a photo of it...

http://i.imgur.com/xKzDM.jpg

Is anybody able to tell me about what year or decade that stop sign might be from?

[Scott5114]

My guess would be the 40s or so. Do you know what state it was from? To my knowledge, only California was using red stop signs during the square font era; it was probably originally yellow.

[bandit957]

My guess would be the 40s or so. Do you know what state it was from? To my knowledge, only California was using red stop signs during the square font era; it was probably originally yellow.

It came from a rummage sale in northern Kentucky, but it could have been posted in another state originally.

It does appear as if the sign may have once been yellow and later painted red.

[US71]

My guess would be the 40s or so. Do you know what state it was from? To my knowledge, only California was using red stop signs during the square font era; it was probably originally yellow.

It came from a rummage sale in northern Kentucky, but it could have been posted in another state originally.

It does appear as if the sign may have once been yellow and later painted red.

Lots of them out there. I got one about 6 months ago off e-bay. It was listed as red/white, but when I received it, the back had tell-tale signs showing it had been repainted.

[agentsteel53]

30s-40s; repainted red/white after 1954 to bring it up to compliance.

[The High Plains Traveler]

The "Through Street" message puts it fully in compliance with the 1935 MUTCD, but by the 1948 MUTCD such supplemental messages were allowed but not recommended.