Re: Oil dock sign in safe hands, not "borrowed" . . .

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> Popeye8762 Wrote:
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> > {The sign is} in my living room right now.
>   :-)
>
> Johnson Barr Replied:
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> > From whom did you "inherit" the sign, Popeye -
> > As SFAICT (So Far As I Can Tell), it was
> > "borrowed" several years before you were
> > born . . .    
>
> Popeye8762 Confessed:
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> > Thanks, Willie, but I'm closer to 60 than not!
> > I was trying to describe the sign's construction
>
> > for Paul, and, I just had my hired guy grab it
> in
> > January, cause it was quite a trek in the snow,
> > out to the oil rack. If they were gonna make
> new
> > ones, I asked for the old one for Carpenter's
> > Shop.
>
>
> Which one do you have, Popeye -
>
> The one that matches John West's and Dick Bell's
> photos - with the bullet holes in it - or the one
> from the other end?
>
> If it IS the one with the bullet holes, it's one
> of the originals from at least the early 60's -
> probably from the early 40's - and is a valuable
> artifact that should be carefully preserved or
> maybe even restored to its original pre-C&TS
> appearance.    
> (The bullet holes are probably much younger than
> the sign itself.)

I think this one was in two paint schemes, new and old. It was most recently on the south end of the oil dock, and has a 1X2 wood frame (with bullet holes). On my front porch:




The one on the speeder shed, here, doesn't have a frame, but seems like it once did.



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