Showing posts with label old sign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old sign. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Shoes Required

From Dave Brigham:

My daughter, Amelia, and I joined a fellow stay-at-home dad and his two girls for a trip to the USS Constitution in Charlestown, Mass., recently. I brought along my camera, of course, but wasn't expecting this advertising nugget:

Safety Shoes

I searched online and found photos of this great sign before it was restored, but I don't know when that was done. Some folks indicate that the sign dates to around World War II, but I don't know.

Monday, May 7, 2012

The High Life

From Joe Viger:

This sign reminded me of when beer was a simple proposition. My dad was fond of Schlitz and Budweiser. The corner store cooler didn't stock much more than those two brews, Miller, Pabst and Schaefer. Some nights you let it be Lowenbrau, but rarely Heineken...at least not where I grew up.

A Sunday Drive

Somewhere on some road in Maine

Checking Out Dudley Street in Roxbury...and a Historic, Pre-Civil War House

From Dave Brigham: As part of a series of quick-hit jaunts through Boston this spring, I checked out the outer reaches of Nubian Square, m...