Category: Roadside Art
More Wacky Names From All Over
A new treasury of oddball store names from around the world.
Continue readingKankakee and Waukegan: Swell Places
Some first-rate signage from the funky Chicago suburbs of Waukegan and Kankakee.
Continue readingMotel matches
Great lodging images from motel matchbooks.
Continue reading100 Best Signs From Roadside Art Online
Here’s a selection of my 100 favorite signs from the pages of Interestingideas.com’s Roadside Art Online section.
Continue readingThe Interesting Ideas Store
Three great gift ideas from the pages of interestingideas.com 2008 Diner Art Calendar Gyros Project Calendar 2008 Edition Bizarre Bazaars the book: Weird, Wacky and Just Plain Embarrassing Business Names From the Grog N Groc Hall of Fame
Continue readingLittle Grills: Diner art from matchbook covers
Matchbook covers can be tiny masterpieces of vernacular commercial art. This set covers a favorite subject from the mid-20th Century, the roadside diner.
Continue readingCounty Fairs
Although the glory days of fairground art passed with the last of the true sideshows, county fairs and carnivals still offer bits of visual interest even if most of the imagery is blandly commercial. These are from the Lake and Kane County Fairs in Illinois, the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee and the Rosholt Fair in Wisconsin. Plus, a bonus image from the gloriously named Temple of Food in Amstersdam.
Continue readingNick Engelbert’s Grandview art environment, Hollandale, Wisconsin
Some views from the very pleasant art environment.
Continue readingGems of Soutsider Art
Lovely views from Chicago’s vast South Side repository of commercial creativity.
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