TRADE SIGNS, ADVERTISING ICONS, FOLK ART ENVIRONMENTS,
AMUSEMENTS, STORE WINDOWS AND ROADSIDE STANDS
ACROSS RURAL AND URBAN AMERICA

Documentary Photographs from the 1960’s to the Present
by Tamara W. Hill

TRADE SIGNS & ADVERTISING ICONS
Shoes & Boots, Shoe Shine Stands, Hat Cleaning, Opticians, Clock Repair, Locksmith,
Scissors & Cutlery, Produce , Fish, Eggs, Barber Shops & Poles, Pawn Balls, Clothing & Tuxedo Rental, Old Hebrew Signs
Palmistry and Fortune Telling,Tarot & Crystal Readers
Rainbows: Signs, Vehicles, Store Windows, Wall Murals

SHOPFRONTS & WINDOWS
Dry Cleaners, Restaurants, Barbers, Fortune Cookie Factory, Neon Signs,
Laundromats, Tatooing, Fruits & Vegetables, Nail Care, Miscellaneous trades,
Storefront Churches & Unique Businesses
ROADSIDE STALLS & SIGNS
Fruits & Vegetables, Amusements, Palmistry, Billboards, Trucks & Vendors
Giant Figures: Human & Animal ‘Sculptures’, Three-dimensional icons, Cigar Store Indians
DIRECTIONAL SIGNS & POINTING FINGERS
Painted on Wood, Brick walls, Doors, Windows, Stenciled & cut-out
AMUSEMENTS, PARKS & ARCADES, GRAPHICS
Vestiges of old Coney Island, “Funny Face”, Spookarama, Fortune Tellers, etc.
42nd St. & Times Square : Hubert’s Flea Circus
FOLK ENVIRONMENTS
Holiday Decorations & FancifulEnvironments, Untrained Visionaries
Artists’ Signs & Projects
Handmade Artifacts
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