Post #131407 by Tangaroa on Thu, Dec 16, 2004 12:55 PM

On 2004-12-16 01:25, tiki1963 wrote:

i don't have too much else collection-wise other than the wall/coat rack seen above. it must have been from an entry corridor as it's marked "left". have no idea which Sambo's it came from though.
....one of the cool things about it, is that its made of wood...hand-silkscreened on wood. if you think about it, you realize how "plasticky" the resturant chain world has become since the days of Sambos. Signage and logo decor was pretty much hand made then. now, most chain related decor is mass produced. can you think of anything today for chains that is as hand crafted as your light panels?

Exactly - that's why you & I are nuts for vintage signage, I think. Today it's so easy & cheap for someone to fart something out in Illustrator or Photoshop & print it up on a vinyl sticker, attached to a plastic, or worse - foamcore backing.

It's a lost art - most of these sign painters went to school just to learn lettering. All those great fonts House puts out? These guys did them by hand!

I think I'll start a new thread on this one...