Robert G. Smits Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Kinda reminds me of something from the 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Yes, mid 1930s or later. Great sign, is it original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Actually I don't think it's a sign. It's actually possibly a standup display they framed. I bet it has an easel back. I was bidding on one of these on ebay a few years ago and lost out on it. Is this one for sale? I love the graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Yes, cardboard sign or poster most likely. Check the corners for any date codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) Yes a framed cardboard sign/poster. I could not find any dates. It original and no evidence of an easel back. Edited January 22, 2023 by Robert G. Smits Additional information (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Must have made them both ways. The one I was bidding on was over 3 foot tall and had an easel back but boy sure looked the same or very similar. Of course when you look in the old sign catalogs for United motors and stuff from the same era, the array of signs they made and variations were really quite impressive. Surprising not more of this stuff is around as the sheer quantity from back then should have led to a good survival rate. Think of all the garages that were Mobil. Many seemed to have about a 1/2 dozen or more Mobil signs on them of varying sizes, and that was just one station to which there were many in bigger towns. My little hometown of around 500-750 people seemed to have at one point 5 or 6 gas stations and 5 or 6 actual garages to get your car worked on. It was on a fairly well traveled route but kind of in the middle of nowhere. Our lake had 3 marinas as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 19 hours ago, auburnseeker said: point 5 or 6 gas stations and 5 or 6 actual garages to get your car worked on Interesting point. I grew up in a rural Iowa farming town of 900 and we had 7 gas stations, 3 garages and a Ford dealership. All had considerable advertising and signage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 With gas stations, many times the gas and oil signage was the property of the company whose gas you were selling. When it was changed out for newer stuff the company reclaimed the old stuff. Friend of mine that had a gas station told me about that years ago. As for accessories, I’m sure the station owner could do with it whatever he wanted. Most times it went in the trash, who would ever want this stuff anyway😀. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 My father in law was service manager for a Ford dealership in an Iowa town of 10000. He recalls in the early 50’s they cleaned out the obsolete parts and trashed enough parts to build a new model T along with multiple NOS blocks and transmissions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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