Bar Mills A & P billboard

[dknelson]

I found another old A&P photo and it does not show a gold circle around the logo:

Dave Nelson

[jonnyci]

This is what is posted on the Bar Mills website when you click on the Billboards link:

IT'S BEEN GREAT FUN... BUT IT'S TIME.

ALL BILLBOARDS HAVE BEEN DIS-CONTINUED, THE COMPLEXITY OF CURRENT PROJECTS HAVE DICTATED THAT WE CALL IT A DAY ON OUR FAMOUS "BAR MILLS" BILLBOARD... THE CONCEPT THAT STARTED IT ALL.

[Joe Hohmann]

Speaking of Bar Mills...they announced last Spring that they will no longer be making their great looking signs. I'd advise you to get some while you can. Joe

[Anonymous]

I built one of those signs some years ago.

 http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apuploadkn5.jpg

The A&P Sign was white on red.

The picture was not the best. The stucture is 2 feet long and the sign was about roughly 6 inches long (Actually the O scale Bar Mills sign.)

[mls1621]

I have an A&P truck on my N scale layout.  It came from Classic Metal Works.  the A&P logo is gold on the red body of the truck.

Their website doesn't have the N scale item shown anymore, but there is a picture in their HO section.

[UP2CSX]

Jerry, I'd go with a gold ring. That's a very clear memory to me from my childhood in the middle 50's. I remember them switching to the white ring when backlit plastic signs became common in the 60's. So, if your period is the 50's the gold ring was very common. I think they switched to white because gold doesn't illuminate in a plastic sign.

[jerryl]

  Thanks all, guess I'll go with the white letters with gold ring.  The inst. said white ring.  Probably something that evolved over time. The PRR used to use " gold" lettering until the paint became too expensive, they then switched to the imitation gold color...maybe same for A&P.

      Jerry

[dknelson]

Here for what it is worth (mostly black and white but a few color shots) is a three page photo gallery of A&P food store photographs!

 http://www.groceteria.com/ap/gallery1.html

http://www.groceteria.com/ap/gallery2.html

http://www.groceteria.com/ap/gallery3.html

All in the context of a very thorough article about A&P

http://www.groceteria.com/ap/

 

Dave Nelson

[lvanhen]

Episode 3 of "The War" on PBS had a quick color shot - white letters on red with gold ring on outside.

[tomkat-13]

I checked ebay & the old logo on the items i seen was white letters on red.

[UP2CSX]

Here's a picture of the sign I think you're looking for, sometime in the 30's:

Unfortunately, it's in black and white. I remember the sign as white letters on a red background with the outline of the letters and the outside of the circle in gold.

[MisterBeasley]

This is the City Classics supermarket model on my layout.  It comes with a coupon which you can send in to get a decal sheet with a number of prototype logos for markets - Kroger and Piggly Wiggly are two that come to mind, along with the good old A&P.  This is the way I remember the A&P growing up:

 

[jerryl]

  This is the new logo. The older one was a circle with a contrasting ring with A&P in the center with completly different style lettering. In fact it was still known as the Atlantic & pacific Tea Co.  Probably in the 40s.  Thanks for your effort.....I tried every search I could think of.

[mondotrains]

I googled A & P supermarkets and came up with this link.  http://www.apsupermarket.com/

Looks like the letters should be white on a red background as they suggested.

 

Hope this helps.

Mondo

[jerryl]

   For you old timers.... Starting to assemble my A & P billboard & the instructions say to paint the letters white on a red background. I seem to remember that the letters were yellow or gold. Could not find a color sign on the web, so Can anyone remember the color of the A & P letters & the circle edging?  Thanks....  Jerry