American Sign Museum
2515 Essex Place
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
(800) 925-1110
(513) 258-4020, ext. 336
Fax: (513) 421-5144
E-mail: tod@signmuseum.org
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
New Acquisitions Keep Arriving
POP displays and Cincinnati signs fill voids in the collection.
Growing the Collection
Clutter — albeit organized clutter — is good. But there's always room for more signs.
The Museum has Acquired a Number of Large Signs
Collection grows at Essex Studios in anticipation of the October 1 opening
"American Icons" Head List of New Acquisitions!
Two large porcelain enamel, neon-illuminated identity signs from the mid to late 1950s.
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MUSEUM NEWS
06/01/05: Grand Opening
The American Sign Museum officially opened its doors on April 28.
01/17/05: American Sign Museum Opens to the Public
Museum to have its grand opening in April 2005, but sign afficionados are already knocking on his door.
01/4/05: Looking for a Sign
The following article ran in the local Arts and Entertainment Magazine for the Greater Cincinnati market.
11/15/04: All signs point to Cincinnati
A nonprofit museum keeps the illuminated relics from fading away. One artful example was rescued from a California field.
From the Los Angeles Times
07/27/04: Museum To Open October 1
American Sign Museum opens its doors to the public!
04/06/04: Sign, Sentiment, Sensation: Conceptualizing the American Sign Museum
This studio concerns the development and design of the American Sign Museum, the first of its kind in the United States.
01/21/04: Rick Glawson Memorial Fund
Museum seeks funds to purchase vintage Rawson & Evans glass signs.
01/14/04: Norwood Site Nixed by New Mayor
Meanwhile, construction of a prototype museum featuring "Signs on Main Street" commences at the present warehouse space.
11/5/03: ISA Makes Major Gift to the Building Fund
Board of Directors Approve $310,000 to Sponsor "Signs on Main Street".
5/4/03: Collector gathers signs of our times
Advertising as pop art is Tod Swormstedt's job and passion.
3/12/03: Board Trustee Suffers Fatal Stroke
Board Trustee Rick Glawson passed away suddenly on the morning of March 10.
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PRESERVATION NEWS
11/08/07: An Eerie Portent in Light, 15 Years Before 9/11
Two bright, white parallel columns soar from the dark canyons of Lower Manhattan
By David W. Dunlap, The New York Times
8/11/07: 'Sputnik' Returns
Distinct Sign Spins and Glows After Restoration
By Lorrie Delk Walker, TheLedger.com
5/26/07: Route 66 motels an endangered species
The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care.
By Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press Writer
5/21/07: Heinz ketchup bottle sign moving from North Side
The lighted sign is looking for a new home.
By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
12/22/06: Downtown Osco sign may be sold
A Twin City businessman may save a half-century-old landmark from being tossed in a landfill.
12/18/06: Neon Museum of Philadelphia
Since 1985.
12/8/06: Reading Terminal
The Market at Reading Railroad Terminal.
10/1/06: Preserving a roadside relic
Side of Lanesville barn will be museum piece.
By Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal
9/15/06: Trash to treasure: Sign again lights stadium
HP: Salvaged from garbage in '78, neon has been restored, returned.
By Kristen Holland, The Dallas Morning News
6/28/06: Neighbors wonder what will become of bread sign atop factory
Who knows where Seattle's historic Wonder Bread sign will land?
By Kayla Webley, Seattle Times staff reporter
6/13/06: Back to the future: Holiday sign to be restored
Boulder landmark to look like 1950s self after $33,000 repair job.
By Anna Uhls, Camera staff writer
5/30/06: City Lights
A new home for the 'News'.
billingsgazette.net
2/07/06: 1946 Neon Fish Coming Down
What to do with the Mille Riera sign?
Lottalivin.com
1/10/06: Las Vegas To Lose 1958 Hotel
Las Vegas will lose another mid-century modern hotel this year, the Stardust.
By Margaret Foster, Online Preservation
11/05/05: Fading Memories: Painted Signs, Relics of a Bygone New York, Become Even More Rare
Amateur archeologists can still unearth them, by walking the streets of the five boroughs.
By Joseph Berger, The New York Times
10/25/05: Historic Mr. Peanut Neon Sign has Returned to Downtown Columbus
The public is invited to the lighting ceremony on October 25, 2005 at 12:30.
8/26/05: Historic Mr. Peanut Neon Sign to Return to Downtown Columbus
Renovated sign is being erected at The Peanut Shoppe.
07/26/05: Betty Boop Decapitated
Vandals have apparently found a life-size statue of Betty Boop a little too iritiating.
www.aversions.com
02/16/05: City Gives a Dog a Home
Restored icon bolted firmly to median strip.
SFGate.com
01/13/05: Las Vegas
Vegas headliner Betty Willis' "love at first sight in neon" sign.
By Patricia Leigh Brown, The New York Times
7/4/04: So Many Signs, So Little Time
Walter Grutchfield documents New York City's many signs.
6/15/04: Tulsa's Meadow Gold Sign is Coming Down
The sign is safe, and money is being raised to complete it's restoration.
Googie Treasure to be Demolished
One of the last remaining examples of Googie architecture in Long Beach, Calif., will be demolished to make room for condominiums.
By Kate Campbell, Preservation Online
Mark Oatis Repaints Wall Sign
Revealed during a housing rehab project in Pueblo, Colorado.
NEW Hand Lettering Forum
Just in case you haven't seen it yet, the old Hand Lettering Forum is now the NEW Hand Lettering Forum at:
www.handletteringforum.com/forum/
3,200 Apartments to Be Built In Glow of Giant Pepsi Sign
Pepsi-Cola is the spot.
By David W. Dunlap, The New York Times
Restoring Route 66
Nine landmark neon signs restored on New Mexico's stretch of Route 66.
By Anya Rao, Signs of the Times magazine
Neon's illuminating stories find a home
Signs of life in Seattle.
By Wyatt Buchanan, Seattle Post Intelligencer Reporter
Newest Pepsi Challenge: Save the Sign, but Don't Blind the Tenants
67-year old Pepsi sign to be the signature piece of Queen's Rockrose Project.
By David W. Dunalap, The New York Times
Hampton® Hotels' "Save-a-Landmark" Program Awarded Top Public Relations Honor for Community Relations Campaign
Recipients of the highly coveted Silver Anvil, regarded as the "Oscar" of the public relations industry, for its roadside landmarks preservation campaign.
Hilton Hotels Corporation News Release - 7/17/2003
Neon sign finds home at museum center
The original Shakey's Pizza neon sign finally arrives at the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center.
By Mike Dunne, [Sacramento] Bee Food Editor
'Up'-ended
A 1940s landmark Hollywood District soda sign goes the way of all fizz.
From the Portland Tribune
Let's everybody drink to historic preservation
The National Liquor Bar, Milwaukee's endangered landmark.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online
Zippy Duty
Zippy the Pinhead cartoonist, Bill Griffith, takes doggie-head sign to heart.
From metroACTIVE.com
Courtesy Chevrolet
A sign unrivaled by any other sign in the San Jose county.
From metroACTIVE.com
Strokes Of Genius
Long before graffiti, brick buildings were a palette for sign painters. Today, they're an endangered species.
From metroACTIVE.com, by Genevieve Roja
Sign Language
What Signs say about our lives, and why action is needed to save the valley's scarce reminders of its commercial past.
From metroACTIVE.com, by Dan Pulcrano
Places: Passing White Towers on road trip through time
What little group, in its first 25 years, has raised America's consciousness about its fun and funky roadside buildings — and had a lot of fun along the way? Answer: The Society for Commercial Archaeology.
From post-gazette.com, by Patricia Lowry
The Preservation of Historic Signs
A briefing on the importance of historic signs and how they bring the past to life. Briefing focuses on lettered or symbolic messages affixed to historic buildings or associated with them.
From Heritage Preservation Services, By Michael J. Auer
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Blue-Collar Riviera, A Conflict Over Identity
It started as a run-of-the-mill municipal brouhaha over the commercial signs that festoon this city, inviting tourists to play miniature golf in a
plastic jungle, buy alligator heads and shark teeth, and stuff their faces with deep-fried shrimp. But now it is nothing less than a battle for the soul of Myrtle Beach.
From NYTimes.com, By Sarah Kershaw
Neon and "The Biggest Little City in the World"
Newspaper articles carrying themes of the lure of neon signs are not unusual. Here's one from the little sister city of Las Vegas, which can
justifiably claim its own place as a city of neon worth a visit. This particular article appeared on the Sunday following the three-day conference of
the Society of Commercial Archeology, when SCAers were treated to their own tours of Reno's fabled neon district and vintage motel signs. Watch the
"Walking Tours" section for one SCAers photo tour!
From The Reno-Gazette Journal, By Susan Skorupa
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