Post #212932 by tikicleen on Mon, Feb 6, 2006 7:42 AM

very, very cool post sabu!

this mystery could be easily solved if someone wants to take a little time out to visit the county building department. if we could convince someone local to the islander whereabouts, and maybe one of our arizona tc friends to go to the county permit office, we could find out the exact manufacturer of these beauties. the key is to know when these places first opened. once you have that date, you can go to the permit office and page through the permits from that year. they have a separate section just for signage (at least, the one i went through for the stockton islander did). i think it is pretty routine that it is split up in that way. once you flip to the signs of that year, they thoroughly list all of the building permits--including manufacturer, date, size, and exact location.

i wish i could find the sign graveyard and steal one!