Marble Stop Sign
3m red stop sign post reflector for uchannel square posts dot compliant 3 x 72.
Marble stop sign. Here is an antique stop sign that i found and thought i would share with all of you. Within the 20 000 square foot museum are examples representing 100 years of american signage. The glass cat s eye marbles were embedded in traffic signs. Now for some history on this sort of item.
Antique yellow stop sign with cat eye marbles rare find. I know yellow stop signs were between 1924 1954 but would like better understanding. Or best offer 75 00 shipping. Has 47 original clear cat eye marbles for reflection.
Stop sign 30 x 30 municipal grade dot legal thickness reflectivity r1 1ra22rk. The most popular color. In addition to road signs the museum boasts thousands of examples of road art and vintage advertising signs. Retroflection was applied to traffic signs in the 1920 s.
Nov 9 2011 glass marble stop sign antique railroad. On lower right side it says company mpls. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about marble sign. I believe it is porcelain has thick metal backing sign weighs 16 lbs.
In the remote northern reaches of gunnison county there s a speck of a town called marble. Add to favorites. It s home to about 100 people one stop sign one restaurant and countless giant chunks of. It was in the 1930 s when someone discovered a way to make more of the sign s.
Time left 3d 15h left. There are 1895 marble sign for sale on etsy and they cost 20 09 on average. Antique yellow jeweled cats eye marble reflector stop sign. Well you re in luck because here they come.
The major change over the years was in the driving public s desire to drive at night. 2 a must visit destination for anyone with a love of road traffic signs and signs in general is the american sign museum in cincinnati ohio. Stop sign vintage double sided hand sign stop on both sides street construction sign on wood handle with thong control traffic jams. Antique early thru stop traffic sign cats eye reflectors raised letters heavy.
Or best offer 139 65 shipping. Stop sign 18 x 18 aluminum engineer grade reflective legal. In the late 1930 s the first attempt at reflectorizing resulted in the development of cat eyes which were glass semi spheres that were inserted in holes in the signs.