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Period: 1940s
Antique Hand Painted Double-Sided French Cafe Wall Trade Sign. c.1920
Located in London, GB
A mid-20th century hand painted French trade sign. c.1940
Double sided French trade sign for CAFES MAURICE, a company still in existence today. Wonderful patination and depth of col...
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English Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
aRT dECO 1940s / 50s Modernist Light -up "TELEPHONE" SIGN.... 40" LONG
By Ilka Plast
Located in Buffalo, NY
aRT dECO 1940s / 50s Modernist Light -up "TELEPHONE" SIGN.... 40" LONG...eMbossed form plastic lettering,,Stunning graphic, pull chain on/off switch.Retains original metal can,,orig...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Indian River Duck Egg Farm Sign
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1886 Indian river duck egg hand painted and carved wood duck sign
Category
Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Hardwood
1940s Native American Trading Post Wooden Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s Native American wooden painted trading post sign. Colors are vibrant. This is what paint collectors appreciate. The natural fade and slight crackling of the paint showing true ...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Old School 1940
s / 50
s NEON "MOTEL" Sign..Classic Font
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic vintage NEON "MOTEL" sign salvaged from a motel in Niagara Falls Canada,, Retains original finish & patina,, New transformer, metal replaced to bottom of can,, (see photo)
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Handmade Folky Carved Menu Board Adirondack
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand painted and handcrafted Adirondack carved menu board. Fantastic classic example of an early 20th century piece of an woodsy menu board from an upstate New York restaura...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Early 20th Century Handmade Folky Carved Menu Board Adirondack
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic old school menu board from the forties and in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Jagged edges with colorful writings for an upstate New York restaurant.
This is...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
C1940 Advertising Sign "Nassau" Stainless Frame
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic advertising sign from possibly a travel agency or transit system c1940. Excellent vintage condition with just the right amount of wear. Stainless border and mounting hardwa...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage "Cabins" Single Sided Porcelain Neon Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage neon sign advertising cabins for rent. This piece features a bold Bauhaus-style font in white set against a dark background. The lettering has been traced in a turquoise neon...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
C1945 Cast Aluminum Trade Sign Form of a Key Keil Charlestown N.H. Keys Made
By Keil Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast aluminum trade sign circa 1945 depicting a actual key in red and silver. Perfect casting which retains its true color and material. Keil from Charlestown N.H. cast into...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
1930
s / 40
s Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN..
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930's / 40's Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN.. .Great graphics. font..
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Wood and Iron Farm Bureau Weathervane Advertising Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great looking cartoon Midwestern Americana weathervane. Farm Bureau Insurance started in 1921. This great piece most likely was a premium or advertising piece. Hand painted wood with...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Iron
"Health Chiropractic, " Rare Art Deco Metal Trade Sign for Chiropractor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of trade signage featuring a nude male angel figure with outspread wings was cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave... Over 11 feet !! Great old sign, double sided.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Canvas
Art Deco Chrome
Glass Skyscraper Directory Sign
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1940's chrome frame building directory sign with beveled glass double panels.
This came from the famous Boston (North End) restaurant 'Joe Tecce's' which closed in 2010 after...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Chrome, Steel, Aluminum
$1,395 Sale Price
44% Off
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Iron Swordfish Created by a Nebraksan Farmer, circa 1940s
By Byron Groelz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Iron swordfish created by Byron Groelz, a farmer from Phillips, Nebraska. Born around 1900, Mr. Groelz made decorative iron for an environment on his ranch.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This was a really fun find! "All Elks and Their Ladies." Hand painted event and dance signs for Elks Club. These appear to have been used over a 40 year period. They would recycle each year by repainting dates and prices. Sometimes covering up with a new piece of cardstock and repainting the info. Admittedly done by an accomplished sign painter...
Category
Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Paper
Vintage Tom
s Peanuts Wooden Display Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage wooden stand used to display Tom's peanuts. Six shelves with an ebonized base. Nice wear and patina.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
1930
s / 1940
s Hand Crafted "CIGARETTS" Raised Block Letter Sign. OLD DELI
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930's / 1940's Hand Crafted "CIGARETTS" Raised Block Letter Sign. Folk art, sALvaged from an old delicatessen. Wonderful original paint , surface, finish,, Amazing patina,,
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Phillips 66 Cast Aluminum Gas Sign
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
1940's Cast Aluminum Phillips 66 Gas Station Sign. This amazing piece of history is made up of individual letters that can be hung by each letter or can we attached to a support on the back as we did in the photos. Letters were professionally restored. This is a gas sign...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Aluminum
French Metal Coiffeur Sign
Located in Seattle, WA
Simple, interesting French hairdressing sign.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Metal
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful original condition. It has hooks on the top for hanging, it is double sided as you can ...
Category
American Primitive Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Wood
Accordian Player: Dutch store signage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rescued from a musical instruments store in the Netherlands, this sophisticated yet whimsical example of mid-century signage is a rare find! Composed of lacquered wood and brass, th...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Signs
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
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