Tomkat:
Under the import button in Photobucket there is, in very small print, a link that says "More Options".
If you click on it, it will give you a pop up where you can select larger sizes.
Dave.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
I make the "sign" pages in MS Publisher, saved as a MS Office Publisher File & then I copy & paste to save as an jpg file to upload to photobucket so to be able to post in the forum. Going from the publisher file to a jpg file I loose file size ( the last post started at 2.90 mb in publisher, to 229kb as a jpg file, then reduced by the forum to 161810 bites 630x800) I know that the signs loose alot of sharpness & detail so I try to post them on the large size. If anyone knows how to get arround this please respond. When I make the signs for my own use I print from the publisher file for better detail.
I hope this helps, tomkat.
Do we have any pictures that are not photobucket?
tgindy Tomkat -- Whoa! You just eclipsed 250 JPG-files!
Tomkat -- Whoa! You just eclipsed 250 JPG-files!
YES! & More to come......Show us the photos of the signs as you put them on your layout.
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
tomkat-13
Hard to resist using the cigar ad!
Jay
THANKS! For the links to the more modern signs & ads.
This thread will need it's own server soon.
Anyway, Tomkat has provided many pre-1970s signs, but some have asked for later signs - well, this site has many ads from the 1980s (actually it has many vintage ads, but I'm limiting it to the 1980s). Not all ads (many from magazines) will work as outdoor displays, but a lot - especially the movies ads, the liquour, the fashion ones, the cigarettes, jewely etc - will work great for commuter station ads (maybe needing a bit of cropping) or those ads in 10' by 10' grey frames mounted on the side of buildings (very common in New York, and I suppose other places too).
On page 11 is a whole lot of bumper stickers for Political campaigns from the 1960s thru the 1980s.
And if none of the ads work for you - hey, at least you get to see lots of pictures of attractive women with big, big hair, hyper glossy lips, and short high heel boots...
Here's a different side (Vintage Ad Browser), with 1980s drink ads - actually other decades too, although the 1990s & 2000s seems stuck on the 'Got Milk' campaign - meh. But the 1970s - those ads beg to be put on commuter station billboards! (I spoke too soon - the 1990s alcohol ads are good). And, of course the 1980s alcohol ads has a Bud ad with attractive women with big, big hair, hyper glossy lips, and tight swimsuits. Actually, to be fair that Vintage Ad Browser site has lots of ads, for many different categories, over each decade of the 20th and 21st century - plenty of 1970s-1990s stuff, and some 2000s too. It'll keep you busy...
Eighties, I'm living in the Eighties....
DaveInTheHat Great collection of signs. Thanks for posting all of them.
Great collection of signs. Thanks for posting all of them.
Since I'm always looking for signs for my layout I hope that some of the signs I find can be used by others. So anyone can use them, I wish that they could be "sharper" but the forum controls the size of the photo. If you have used any of these signs please post some photos to show everyone how things look more realistic with the signs.
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