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Posted by mobilman44 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:50 AM

Hi,

Got to ask...........  is there a problem with copyrights here?

Don't get me wrong, I really like the signs, and being 1/2 Italian from Chicago, I'm not concerned about getting in trouble..............   but, I am curious.

ENJOY  !

 

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Posted by ollevon on Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:21 AM

I hope this thread will stay.

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Posted by Brakeman on Saturday, February 23, 2013 3:25 PM

Thank you again, we've enjoyed every page.

Do you have anything with vintage ladies hats?  My wife wants a Millinery Shop on her portion of our layout.

Brakeman  HO Scale Freelance Transition Era  Having the best of both worlds                   

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Posted by UPinCT on Thursday, February 21, 2013 8:06 PM

Thanks Tom,

I am going to use the Buster Brown sign somewhere on the layout,  I always had those shoes when I was a kid.

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:09 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Friday, February 1, 2013 6:46 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by billslake on Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:33 AM

Great signs . . . I've already used a number of them.

One question . . . have you ever found any signs for northwoods (WI, MN) resorts?

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:43 AM

Just a suggestion to the moderators......................

This thread has been an outstanding resource for modelers railroaders.

Would you please consider making this thread a "Permanent sticky"?!

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Monday, January 14, 2013 7:37 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Monday, January 7, 2013 4:55 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 1:59 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:28 AM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Friday, December 28, 2012 1:23 PM

Try copy then paste then crop to the sign you want then print.

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by iawestern on Friday, December 28, 2012 12:58 PM

Ok, what is the best way to select a given sign off of that large PDF and print just that one?

Thanks,

Mark

 

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Thursday, December 27, 2012 7:46 PM
I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by iawestern on Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:36 PM

You have heard it before, but thanks again for all of the effort in this thread!

I see a few highway signs in the very first page of the thread, but have not seen any others.  Are they on a particular page and maybe I missed them?

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:51 AM

A tire company, a bread compay, furniture dealer, US Mail, a department store, a tobacco or liquor dealer ect.

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by Ars on Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:36 AM

Hello, guys!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!

I need some advise.

I want to model (in TT) some place (maybe fictional) in Wisconsin or near. My favorite era is 1950s.

I have a TT-scale truck/van, and I want to detail it appropriately using some signs from this topic.

It is Russian ZiS-150, but I want to use it as International K-serie truck (K7, for example); it seems to me that they are almost identical:


So, what is your opinion?

Would this type of van be appropriate for Wisconsin in 1950s?

What sign do you recommend to make the decals for it?

Maybe some restaurant?  But which one?  I am afraid that KFC or Burger King were not well known in 1950s...

 

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Sunday, December 23, 2012 9:29 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Sunday, December 16, 2012 4:57 PM

Hello Tom,

Thank you very much for helping me a while back in my search for the classic "Esso" gas stations signs.

A new question/request, if you don't mind.  Do you have signs from the 1960s-70s era?  The types that you'd see on buildings as well as on the sides of transit buses and commuter stations.

Thank you Big Smile

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:02 AM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Monday, December 10, 2012 1:47 PM

 

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:56 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:02 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:58 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Friday, November 9, 2012 8:49 AM

 

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:53 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:55 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:53 PM

 

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:14 PM

drk4445

I love your signs, great work!!   I would like to use some of them but looking thru 52 pages of signs is a PITA.    Is there an index of some sort of all your great signs? 

Sorry no index, I just list them as I find them. I just do not have the time to sort. I know there are dupes but I can not remember each sign so better to have a dupe than miss a good sign.

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/

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