4 Cross-Street Signs made by Lyle Signs, Inc. скачать в хорошем качестве

4 Cross-Street Signs made by Lyle Signs, Inc.

This episode of SIGN LANGUAGE features four Indiana cross-street markers that were made by Lyle Signs, Inc. Each sign featured has slightly different features: round corners vs. sharp; chiseled typeface vs. standard; different color ways. I also share one of my all-time top 5 signs: the Lyle sign that marked the street corner that I grew up on, with the original post. The signs featured here range from the mid-1950s (the black on white Fort Wayne sign) to the early 1970s (the white on black Merrillville, Indiana signs). According to the Lyle website: "In 1900, The Lyle Culvert Company started making metal culverts at Lyle, Minnesota. A year later, in 1901, the company moved to Minneapolis, MN... In 1912, two engineers with the Culvert Company, the Fraser brothers, designed, developed and patented some sign making machines -- hence the birth of Lyle Sign Division... In 1933, Lyle Signs, Inc., bought its first embossing press, designed and developed male and female dies to emboss complete sign messages and strengthen borders on 14, 16 and 18 gauge metal, Embossing Pressall in one operation. Carved-in process signs were still produced because of their extreme longevity, but as years passed, costs of labor (carving one letter at a time) made prices prohibitive. There are, however, carved-in process street name signs still in use in many cities, after 40 or 50 years of service, with only minimum refinishing maintenance costs involved." For more signs in my collection: instagram.com/signpicker facebook.com/signpicker