It was nice to get name-checked in this Cincinnati Magazine piece about the book I wrote for the American Sign Museum:
The photo shows the book in-situ on the Museum's flagship 'Main Street' installation, which frames original historic signs in/on storefronts constructed and decorated to reflect different eras of America's commercial past.
More about the book here: https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/.
I just voted for the American Sign Museum in USA Today’s competition to name the country’s Best Pop Culture Museum.
You can too, here:
https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/american-sign-museum-cincinnati-ohio/
Signs — they’re all around us, and they’re emblematic of American free enterprise, tourism, and advertising. This museum in Cincinnati about commercial signs and sign-making covers 40,000 square feet of indoor space and over a century of American history. Kids will be fascinated with the colors and shapes all around them, and adults will reminisce about signs from their childhoods. Whether it’s a lawyer’s bronze door sign, advertising brochures, antique sign painter’s kits, or a 1944 Dodge crane truck for installing signs, this museum has it all.
An original See Rock City barn sign at the American Sign Museum.
Photo by Natalie Grilli from our book, https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/:
"Rock City in Chattanooga, TN, was founded by Garnet and Frieda Carter in 1932, and established itself as a popular botanical and geological tourist destination. Visitors came to see Frieda’s beautiful gardens and the views (of seven states on a clear day) from the top of the mountain nearby."
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Cheers!
The American Sign Museum book makes it to Canada and poses in front of Elaine Wallis' test piece for one of the Museum's internal murals. Sadly the final mural didn't make it into the book, but it was featured in BLAG 06 (https://bl.ag/06).
Take a look inside the American Sign Museum book: https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/.
New at bl.ag online, 'Glorious Gilding Samples at the American Sign Museum', with some exclusive cutting room floor content from the Museum's new book:
https://bl.ag/glorious-gilding-samples-at-the-american-sign-museum/
More on the book here:
https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/
#Gilding #GoldLeaf #Letters #AmericanSignMuseum #SignPainting #Signwriting #YeOldeSignShoppe #Lettering #Craft
@DanMorgan The American Sign Museum has what is believed to be the last authentic 'Great Sign' in existence. It's displayed at the entrance and, once you step inside, there's also a scale replica that was used for things like trade shows and also the original blueprints for its design.
The American Sign Museum book (that I wrote) getting some airtime on Cincinnati's Local 12 channel:
More about the book here: https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/
New at bl.ag online, 'A Sneak Peek Inside the American Sign Museum Book', which is now available to pre-order via the BLAG shop and directly from the Museum itself.
https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/
#Signs #AmericanSignMuseum #SignPainting #NeonSigns #IlluminatedSigns #Lettering #SignDesign #SignHistory
There's a special sneak peak inside coming today for subscribers to my weekly email list (https://bl.ag/join), but the American Sign Museum book (softcover edition) is now available to pre-order from the BLAG shop:
https://shop.bl.ag/products/american-sign-museum-book
NB. Pictured is the hardcover edition which is also available for pre-order, alongside the softcover edition, directly from the Museum: https://48055.blackbaudhosting.com/48055/ASM-25th-Anniversary-Book
Just one more sleep now until I get my hands on an advance copy of the American Sign Museum book that I've written. I cannot wait to see it!
March feels a long time ago now, but this trip was the catalyst for the intense months that followed:
Sam at BLAG
