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Period: 1940s
Vintage Wall Mounted Store Prop Coffee Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage store front sheet metal prop sign with finger pointing the reader in the direction of coffee. This is a hand painted sign with great wear and patina.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
1940's Goodyear Tires Porcelain Neon Light Sign
Located in Alpha, NJ
Very rare and beautiful example of a 1940's Goodyear Tires Neon light porcelain advertisement sign. Few occasional chips to porcelain finish and ass...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Steel
Old School 1940's / 50's NEON "MOTEL" Sign..Classic Font
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic vintage NEON "MOTEL" sign salvaged from a motel in Niagara Falls Canada,, Retains original finish & patina,, New transformer, metal replaced to bottom of can,, (see photo)
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
American Folk Art Wood and Iron Farm Bureau Weathervane Advertising Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great looking cartoon Midwestern Americana weathervane. Farm Bureau Insurance started in 1921. This great piece most likely was a premium or advertising piece. Hand painted wood with...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Iron
1940s Native American Trading Post Wooden Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s Native American wooden painted trading post sign. Colors are vibrant. This is what paint collectors appreciate. The natural fade and slight crackling of the paint showing true ...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Chrome & Glass Skyscraper Directory Sign
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1940's chrome frame building directory sign with beveled glass double panels.
This came from the famous Boston (North End) restaurant 'Joe Tecce's' which closed in 2010 after...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Chrome, Steel, Aluminum
C1940 Advertising Sign "Nassau" Stainless Frame
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic advertising sign from possibly a travel agency or transit system c1940. Excellent vintage condition with just the right amount of wear. Stainless border and mounting hardwa...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Steel Cowboy Boot Advertising Sign
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Monumental and heavy painted steel advertising sign in the shape of a cowboy boot. Boot was most likely hung outside a boot shop. Great original patina. C...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage "Cabins" Single Sided Porcelain Neon Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage neon sign advertising cabins for rent. This piece features a bold Bauhaus-style font in white set against a dark background. The lettering has been traced in a turquoise neon...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
C1945 Cast Aluminum Trade Sign Form of a Key Keil Charlestown N.H. Keys Made
By Keil Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast aluminum trade sign circa 1945 depicting a actual key in red and silver. Perfect casting which retains its true color and material. Keil from Charlestown N.H. cast into...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful original condition. It has hooks on the top for hanging, it is double sided as you can ...
Category
American Primitive Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
"Health Chiropractic, " Rare Art Deco Metal Trade Sign for Chiropractor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of trade signage featuring a nude male angel figure with outspread wings was cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Tom's Peanuts Wooden Display Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage wooden stand used to display Tom's peanuts. Six shelves with an ebonized base. Nice wear and patina.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th century sheet metal shoemakers trade sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century sheet metal shoemakers trade sign
A sculptural sheet metal mid-20th century English boot makers shop trade sign. Still with its original loop hanging and side supp...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
20Thc Folk Art Cow Sign W/ Original Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc folky hand made cow trade sign.This full body cow hanging trade sign is double sided and has the original metal chain.The cow is hand carved & painted wood.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave... Over 11 feet !! Great old sign, double sided.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Canvas
Phillips 66 Cast Aluminum Gas Sign
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
1940's Cast Aluminum Phillips 66 Gas Station Sign. This amazing piece of history is made up of individual letters that can be hung by each letter or can we attached to a support on the back as we did in the photos. Letters were professionally restored. This is a gas sign...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Mechanical Store Display "MOJUD" Stockings by Louis G. Audette & Company
By Displaymasters
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Mechanical Store Display advertising "MOJUD" Stockings by Louis G. Audette & Company ,New York City.. Amazing graphics.. Remarkable that this survived and remained intact,, Mote...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
1930's / 40's Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN..
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930's / 40's Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN.. .Great graphics. font..
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Accordian Player: Dutch store signage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rescued from a musical instruments store in the Netherlands, this sophisticated yet whimsical example of mid-century signage is a rare find! Composed of lacquered wood and brass, th...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This was a really fun find! "All Elks and Their Ladies." Hand painted event and dance signs for Elks Club. These appear to have been used over a 40 year period. They would recycle each year by repainting dates and prices. Sometimes covering up with a new piece of cardstock and repainting the info. Admittedly done by an accomplished sign painter...
Category
Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Paper
Iron Swordfish Created by a Nebraksan Farmer, circa 1940s
By Byron Groelz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Iron swordfish created by Byron Groelz, a farmer from Phillips, Nebraska. Born around 1900, Mr. Groelz made decorative iron for an environment on his ranch.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Iron
French Metal Coiffeur Sign
Located in Seattle, WA
Simple, interesting French hairdressing sign.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
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Vintage DRUGS street sign with white background and black lettering. Interesting piece of transportation history. No drugs zone, with increased penalties. Probably used close to a school zone...
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Vintage American Folk Art Showroom Trade Sign
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming vintage wooden trade sign for Showroom. The sign was original painted in with green and white colors and have been through a later restoration when a thick lacquer that has ...
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American Folk Art 1940s Signs
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Vintage Mid Century Hand Painted Wooden Luncheonette Hot Coffee Diner Sign
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A vintage polychrome hand painted luncheonette or diner sign on plywood featuring hot coffee, sandwiches, and tonics, signed lower right Cooley-Alton, with an additional support boar...
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American 1940s Signs
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Vintage Hand Painted French Patisserie Sign c.1930-1940
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French Industrial 1940s Signs
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Vintage Framed Yellow Cabs Sign c.1940-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Rare Glass Pedestrian Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic glass pedestrian street crossing sign. Great coloring. Excellent condition. Illuminates beautifully in sunlight.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Antique Harvard Ave. Porcelain Sign c.1900-1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original double sided enameled porcelain Harvard Ave street sign.
Shown with life size hand model for scale.
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Category
Industrial 1940s Signs
Materials
Enamel, Steel
1930’s Enamel And Neon Braumeister Beer Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1930’s enamel and neon sign Milwaukee’s Choicest Braumeister Beer Sign. New transformer and new wiring. Please note that it will be additional fee for shipping crate.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Enamel
Art Deco Box Neon "ETCHISON HATS" Wonderful Red Neon, The Neon Shop, LIMA OHIO
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco Box Neon sign advertizing Etchison Hats,c.1930's,, wonderful red neon, made by The Neon Shop.Lima Ohio.. Great graphics..retains original black metal housing.. curved deco...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
H 13 in W 22 in D 3.5 in
French 19th Century Folk Art Metal Rooster or Cockerel Weathervane
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful metal weathervane representing a rooster or cockerel,
France, 1850-1900.
Weathered and small losses. Measurement here below is inclusive the wooden base.
Category
French Folk Art Antique 1940s Signs
Materials
Copper, Iron
Large vintage exterior wall shop sign for a coffee in France in the 50s
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Large outdoor ‘Bar Tabac’ sign from France in the 1950s. Extraordinary typography, typical of the 1950s. The metal letters are fixed to two steel bars, whic...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Iron, Zinc
H 13.78 in W 116.15 in D 2.37 in
'COME ON IN' Neon Sign , 1990s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom neon sign with aluminum channel cut letters. COME ON IN, lights up with green neon gas. Just under 6 feet long. Welcoming sign and fun piece of...
Category
American 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Previously Available Items
California Highway Sign, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive California highway sign circa 1940s. Just over 8 feet long and 4 feet tall. Telling drivers to TAKE YOUR TIME , NOT YOUR LIFE. Extreme...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Steel
1940's Art Deco Light Up "BEAUTY SALON" aluminum & glass sign
By Electric Sign Company
Located in Buffalo, NY
1940's Art Deco Light Up "BEAUTY SALON" aluminum & glass sign.. Wonderful counter-top or hanging light-up sign,, Super stylish. great original condition,
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Vintage Hand Painted 'Moccasin Shoes' Advertising Sign, Native American Chief
Located in Bristol, GB
MID-CENTURY ADVERTISING SIGN
Made from cast plaster and then expertly hand-painted to emulate a carved wooden panel with a central portrait of a Native American Chief in profile wea...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Plaster, Paint
H 22.05 in W 17.72 in D 1.19 in
Antique Double Sided Chasing Lights "ARROW" sign / marquee.. CARNIVAL
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Double Sided Chasing Lights "ARROW" sign / marquee.. CARNIVAL Salvaged from old amusement park..Perfect for bar, restaurant, man-cave,, Great old sign. Hand delivery avail to...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal, Steel
Large Industrial Illuminating Letter "R" Sign, USA circa 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large industrial illuminating electric letter ‘R’ sign from a Northwestern United States Emergency Room. 2 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall. Letter 'E' also availabl...
Category
North American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th century double sided metal fairground sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal fairground sign
A charming authentic double sided metal fairground sign, date to the first quarter of the 20th Century with original hanging hooks and paint still present. Remnants of old faded signage lettering is still visible. This sign would have hung over an amusement fairground arcade to detail the cost of a game.
Size of inches: H 17” x W 24” x D 0.5”
Completely solid in structure and form, with natural wear and patination across all surfaces due to age and use. Flaking paint...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Stylized Drug Store Vintage Sign, "PRESCRIPTIONS / SQUIBB" Art Deco, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized Drug Store Vintage Sign, "PRESCRIPTIONS / SQUIBB" Art Deco, Modernist..Salvaged from Downtown Buffalo NY dRUG Store,,, original stacked plywood ,painted silver lettering.. a...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
H 22 in W 34 in D 1 in
MMA Home Store Large Metal Shield Form Double Sided Advertising Sign, circa 1940
Located in Milford, NH
A large polychrome shield form hanging double-sided advertising sign made from heavy sheet metal which reads “MMA, Economy, Efficiency, Home Store” on both sides. We believe the sign...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
H 48 in W 47.25 in D 1 in
Art Deco / Modernist Light-Up Sign, , , "TOYLAND"
By Ohio Advertising Display Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco / Modernist Light-Up Sign,,,"TOYLAND" Most likely out of old department store..Great Deco / Moderne design.. Aluminum can.. ribbed glass..
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Birmingham, England Bus Route Blind Sign, C.1948
Located in London, GB
A beautifully presented original linen bus blind made in England by Norco. c.1948
Set in a glazed wooden case, of which looks to be original and how it wo...
Category
English Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Oak
Hand Painted $100 REWARD Wooden Sign, 1940s Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage wood sign from the 1940s. Hand-painted. Misspellings and grammatical errors. The owner Samuel Spilk lived in Long Beach in the 1940s. ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century, English Lock Smiths Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Lock Smiths Trade Sign
Dating from the first quarter of the 20th century this English lock smiths trade sign shows lots of wear and aging, due to it be...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
