John West Wrote:
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> The sign in Dick's July 1978 picture looks
> to be the same as in my July 1963 picture
> (
HERE)
> so I would guess the dark letters on a
> white background was a post abandon-
> ment replacement.
I agree, John -
The older signs, especially in Dick Bell's close-ups, look three-dimensional – almost as it the letters were on short posts holding them out in front of the dark surface behind. I'll bet those signs are prized souvenirs in someone's den, or at least on the wall in his or her garage
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- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender