What other observations from this 50 year old picture?
But seriously… the Beware of Dog sign… it’s unchanged after all these years.
http://www.petco.com/product/14609/Hillman-Sign-Center--Beware-of-Dog.aspx
I’d not be surprised if it were the same company that’s been producing exactly the same sign all these years.
One of my uncles had a Bowl-a-matic up on a shelf when I was a kid and I desperately wanted to play with it but we weren’t allowed to touch it. He said it was missing pieces and didn’t work but I never believed that. It was still in the box and everything; I’m pretty sure he was afraid me and my cousins would break it (and to be fair, we probably would have). Probably worth a pretty penny by now.
Well, it’s not like they have an expiration date…
Not much plastic packaging in those days. I’m so envious.
I wish hardware stores still looked like that…
Dogs don’t read very well and maybe the consistent font helps them remember how fierce they are supposed to be.
Seriously - Shorpy.com is a really wonderful site to spend some time browsing at. I stop by every few days to look at the new additions. It is a window into worlds gone by.
It’s a different dog now, though.
I dunno, the “G” in DOG is most certianly different. Hard to tell, but the “R” in BEWARE seems to be a bit different, too.
Interesting, though. If it wasn’t for the barcode, you could make the change and nobody would notice.
excavating (for a mind)
I think the G looks different because of the black bar of the display rack. And the extreme angle may account for any perceived difference in the R.
3-m logo is different now.
Allow me to share one of my favorite works:
Some of the best pictures have mundane things in the background that fascinate me.
The Victoria era beach pictures are my all-time favorites.
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