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Tucson's Ignite Sign Museum suffered a devastating fire earlier this month, and they've set up a Crowdfunder to help with repair and restoration work:

Large neon and incandescent bulb sign for Tucson Inn on the roof of a building. The sign is formed by the six letters of Tucson set on red panels on long red poles that are fanned to have the word on a slight arc. Inn is then set on a light blue panel below these letters, with a yellow arrow curving around this to point down and slightly to the right.

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I loved this little creation left out for the guests to notice when exploring the contents of the design museum before the tour. The bright and contrasting colours as backdrop to a white paint message, only there if you seek it out. Rewarding the quietly inquisitive

Photograoh of a design lying on one of the drawing boards at obl Signs museum in Brooklyn.

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Photograph of the inside of Noble Signs showing a wall of 1950's style glass bricks. Infront of the glass a huge printer, adesk with an apple branded monitor. To the lect we see a blue co struction sire helmet and old style walk calendar

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A sign made by, then rescued by Noble Signs. The 3 line orange neon is gorgeous, the yellow incandescent bulbs are a fabulous compliment. The indoor setting above a table, a little surreal. Very joyful.

A photograph of a neon sign saying 'bongo' inderlined by yellow lightbulbs, above a hand osintsrd sign and a tabke of goodies (beseball caos and leaflets)

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Some of thr larger signs in Noble Signs museum. They have lasted well bevause the porcelian, and the acrylic, ladt through the weather in NYC, and are easily hung on the local architecture. Mac explained that the local vernacukar is to shout what you are selling, tge supplier is much less important.

Large sign "Premier Dairy" made in at least 8 different firings, maybf 24 foot long. Takes most of the inside wall of the workroom. The pieces are as large as the kiln enables.

Huge acrylic yellie sign with red lettering for swan Pianos. They are cheap to make and last a long time. New York has the building frontage to support this type of sign.

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This Sunday involved a wonderful tour around the workrooms of Noble Signs, which doubles as a museum. The founders started collecting the old signs they were replacing signs, then shifted to reclaiming and storing. They are now building the museum as a charity. They gave a tour today which was wonderful. They specislise in NY vernacular signs. A few photographs for you. I took many, i'll write several posts each with slightly different angles

Rinkonromas 1964 'thunderbird' award hand painted sign

A meet market sign that show evidencd of having been painted over at least 3x, ghostly images of text over text over text

There are now even more reasons to (re)visit the American Sign Museum following the installation of their expanded 'Main Street' feature in the new wing.

I'll be publishing more about the events of the last couple of weeks in BLAG 06, but for now Signs of the Times has got you covered with a sneak preview of what to expect:

https://signsofthetimes.com/17-sneak-peeks-at-the-american-sign-museum-main-street-expansion/

Here is the museum's website: https://www.americansignmuseum.org/

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