Friday, February 17, 2006

Signs and Wonders


Here’s another. This one may be my favorite of all. The larger banner says “Crown Coat Front Co.” and the smaller sign to the right reads “mfgr’s of civilian and military coat fronts A clear enough message, but so much more is left unsaid. Why mfgr coat fronts and not the whole coat? Were there other companies that made coat backs? Does coat mfgr remain as highly specialized today? I’m just getting started.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wish I taken a picture of this one:
A theatre in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, since closed, had 2 screens. On one, they were showing a series of avant-garde films from Israel , which they called the "Israeli Film Festival," on the other, a single movie called "Senseless".

The theatre sign read "Senseless Israeli Film Festival."

I passed it daily on my bus home from work, and they didn't notice, I guess, because the sign didn't change until they changed movies.

9:58 AM  
Blogger the chocolate doctor מרת שאקאלאד said...

LIndy, I may have atended some film festivals that ought to have been so named.

Lemon Squirrel,
Thanks for the research! Could be that was it.

11:09 PM  

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