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Period: Mid-20th Century
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter P, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “P” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Metal Men Working Sign
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage Metal Men Working Sign with original paint. The metal work is well done as closed 20 wide x 33 high x 2deep
While open and standing this item measures - 27d x 20w x 30h
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Vintage Rustic Folk Art Metal Farm Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Metal Farm Sign
An original metal hanging sign which would have hung at the entrance to Crosscombe Farm in Somerset, the sign is double sided with identical signage on both ...
Category
English Rustic Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Cut Steel
1950s Aluminum on Wood General Electric Logo, Sign Plaque
Located in Buffalo, NY
1950s aluminum on wood General Electric logo, sign plaque. Salvaged from General Electric Buffalo NY office, stunning, original plaque, cast aluminum depicting famous G E Logo, mount...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Clam Bake Sign, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Clam Bake Sign, circa 1960s, a hand painted wooden trade sign for Clam Bakes. A classic and time-honored New England tradition and favorite for natives and tourists alike, al...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Pine
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter Š, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “Š” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight of th...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Iron Perpetual Motion Folk Art Texas Zoo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This black and white painted iron perpetual motion object was said to have been used to market the zebra exhibition at the San Antonio Zoo. The zebras...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Vintage Illuminated Advertising Letter Ř , 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter Ř was made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a metal body and a plexiglass co...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Frye "Boot" Advertising Sign For Harvard Square Tannery Shoe Store, ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
A hangable advertising icon for the Frye Boot Company in the form of an oversized leather boot, circa 1960s. This once hung in the renowned favorite Harvard Square Tannery shoe stor...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Leather, Wood
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Barber Shop Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Barber Shop Sign, circa late 1950s to early 1960s, a hand-painted sheet metal sign with old prices for old hair cuts. The sign remains in very good condition with only ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
We share what we love, and we love this rare example of an oversized point of sale barbers hair...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Original Magnolia Bakery Sign
Located in Essex, MA
Original Magnolia Bakery hand-painted sign from an upper state New York bakery. White background with black lettering, charming addition to a kitchen, pantry or mudroom for a vintage...
Category
American Country Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
$300 Sale Price
25% Off
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Canvas
Ladies ‘Dame’ Mid Century Restroom Sign from South of France Made in Metal
Located in London, GB
A French Mid Century Modern Swimming Pool changing room sign for a Lady or Ladies. The 3 dimensional letters made from metal box cut and riveted and weld...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter O, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “O” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage enamel fire sign, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Charming vintage enamel 'FIRE' sign mlounted on a wooden and metal base.
Its unclear if this was used by the fire brigade during interventions or if th...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Enamel
1930s Original Gilbeys Invalid Port Enamel Advertising Pub Garden Bar Sign
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
For sale we have a very striking, original 1930s/40s advertising sign in red and white enamel on black-ground for ‘Gilbey’s Invalid Port’. The enamel sign has the most amazing patina...
Category
British Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
20th Century Blacksmith's Sign on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A bold and striking 20th century American blacksmith's sign with an arm swinging a hammer against a block of metal on an anvil, and with sparks flying from the impact. We've had this...
Category
American Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Steel
$1,837 Sale Price
25% Off
1930s Copper Double-Sided English Outdoor Advertising Sign
Located in Surrey, BC
An electric, double-sided outdoor sign promoting the English clothing manufacturer, Chilprufe Agents (operating between 1920 and 1950). The company’s logo has been reverse painted on...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Copper
Vintage Blue and White 'Hairdressing' Sign
Located in Cirencester, GB
This French 'Coiffure' sign is mid 20th century. The silvery/blue Zinc letters are on a painted white ply board.
There are lots of bumps and scrapes and plenty of character to thi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Zinc
Early 20th Century Double Sided Metal Boot Makers Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal boot makers trade sign.
A highly decorative double sided hand painted metal French boot makers trade sign, Still attached to its original hin...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Life-Sized 1950s Metal School Girl Speed Limit Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning metal sign of a school girl letting you know the speed limit in the school zone. 48" tall. Double sided. Great coloring, with grey, light blues an...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Letter N, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage letter comes from the old advertising banner. It is made from dyed concrete. It weighs 6 kg.
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Concrete
Vintage neon propaganda from Steiff. 1960 - 1965
By Steiff
Located in CADALSO, ES
This object was only issued for Steiff dealers.
Has never been sold to private persons
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Patrick McAllister Tugboat Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Wheelhouse ship's nameboard for the McAllister Towing Tug Patrick R. McAllister. This wrapped around the wheelhouse. As you can see this is very distressed. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT F...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
1950s Light UP "ROOMS FOR LET" & "Chambres a Louer" SIGN, fRENCH & eNGLISH
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming 1940s / 1950s Light UP "ROOMS FOR LET" & "Chambres a Louer" SIGN, Unusual written in fRENCH & eNGLISH,,
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Monumental "Danish Designs" Wooden Advertising Sign
Located in Peabody, MA
Monumental 67" wide (5 1/2 feet) double-sided surfboard style advertising sign in painted wood with 1/2" raised wood lettering, for "Danish Designs", ca. 1960s. From a modern furnis...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Swiss Two Sided Train Signal Sign
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool and hard to find vintage Swiss two sided train signal sign, circa 1940s. The sign is made of metal and painted yellow with the number "5" in bl...
Category
Swiss Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Era Large Metal Letters
Located in Surrey, BC
only an "O" "l" x 2 left
Two sets of custom-made metal letters made for the Wilkinson steel plant in Vancouver for a new office in 1950. The company ...
Category
Canadian Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
$875 / item
Vintage 'Lodging" Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage highway sign in cobalt blue reflective metal. Depicts a person sleeping in bed. Sign was used to direct drivers to hotels/motels up ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Steel
1959 California Highway 'Signal Ahead' Sign with Reflectors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 'Signal Ahead' yellow sign from a California Highway. Letters are made of reflectors. Stamped 'State of California' on the back with the date, 1959. Almost 4 feet wide. Extremel...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Steel
Painted Tin Letter of Luminous Signs U, Rewired with Bulbs, USA, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Painted tin letter of luminous sign (U) red color, rewired with bulbs, USA, circa 1930. The Letter U has been rewired for the US.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Tin
1950's Commercial Sign "All - Stainless Inc"
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage commercial business sign from early 1950's for All - Stainless, Inc.
78" long by 12" high panel of patinated blue colored aluminum with 1/4" th...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Prison Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are now "LEAVING the TRAVEL RESTRICTED AREA." Interesting piece of automotive memorabilia...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Steel
Large Midcentury Porcelain Letter "B" from the Stix Baer and Fuller Sign
By Bauhaus
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 44.75" H porcelain letter B, from the former Stix, Baer & Fuller sign. This letter was once on the Mid-Century Modern Stix, Baer & Fuller department store in the Westroads Shop...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Elizabeth Arden Vintage Wooden Signs
Located in Milano, IT
Rare advertising sign of Elizabeth Arden, an entrepreneur who founded, in that name, her cosmetics company, dating from the 1950s, taken from the Lake...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
$1,701 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter T, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “T” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
1950s Shopsign
Located in Brecht, BE
Extra large and quirky, this iron shopsign ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal, Iron
$2,894
French Metal Coiffeur Sign
Located in Seattle, WA
Simple, interesting French hairdressing sign.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cat Trade Signs
Located in Branford, CT
Incredible pair of cat trade signs. Braced plywood with red glass eyes. Original paint. They can either hang on the wall or lean. Circa 1930.
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Plywood
$4,500 / set
Vintage Elizabeth Arden Signs in Wood and Painted Aluminum
Located in Milano, IT
Rare advertising sign of Elizabeth Arden, an entrepreneur who founded, in that name, her cosmetics company, dating from the 1950s, taken from the Lake...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Advertising Glass Sign "Trink Coca Cola - Eiskalt". 1950 - 1959
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Glass
Folk Art Corn on the Cob Trade Sign, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Corn on the Cob Trade Sign, circa 1950, a hand cut and painted masonite sign in the form of an ear of corn advertising "Hot Buttered Corn on the Cob 65¢." Classic an...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Masonite
Porcelain Handicapped Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage porcelain handicapped sign. Great colors. Newly framed and floating in a shadow box. Great vintage condition.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Double sided porcelain subway/ bus sign "LADIES REST ROOM"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Double sided porcelain subway/ bus sign "LADIES REST ROOM".. Great old sign..Nice original condition, minor staining to one side,(see photo)
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Letter I, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage letter I comes from the old advertising banner. It is made from dyed concrete.
Weight: 2 kg.
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Concrete
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Decorative Bacchanalian Wine Bar Menu, Black Board
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Decorative bacchanalian wine bar menu, black board
A very decorative piece with the theme of grape bearing nymphs in both corners at the top
The attractiv...
Category
Baroque Revival Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wooden Bike Route Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood bike route signs from Berlin, CT. Scratches and signs of use. Very unusual to find this sign in wood as opposed to metal. From the parks and rec...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
French Anatomy Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage French sign from a science class. Circa 1960s. Made of metal. Depicting the French word ANATOMIE. 8 free standing letters. Patina and wear to metal. Great piece of wall art t...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
$2,800
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the ...
Category
Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Plywood
Vintage Mueller Electric Point-of-Sale Advertising Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s/1950s; Mueller Electric Co. - Cleveland, OH
Vintage advertising store display.
This piece features an assortment of offerings produced by Mueller, an electrical component ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
1950's Very Large Original Sign Letter C - One Meter High
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Very Large Original Sign Letter C – One Meter High.
Made from galvanised sheet metal with the original faded paint. The original neon glass tubi...
Category
Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
1930s Wood Campgrounds Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood campgrounds sign from the 1930s. Sign was used to let people use shovels and supplies and make sure they are returned. Great rustic sign, cool piece of Americana. 2.5 fe...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Wall Mounted Telephone Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Wall mounted telephone sign on an iron bracket. Old school and very fun!
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Signs
Materials
Paper
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