Collection contains 70 color and 4 black and white photographic prints measuring 9 x 13 cm. and 7 black and white photographic prints measuring 20.5 x 26. Photographs show business signs for establishments located in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, San Mateo, Sacramento, and Alameda counties taken between 1955 and 1972, with the bulk of the photographs taken between 1962 and 1972. Most signs feature mid-century modern design. Signs advertise eating and drinking establishments (especially coffee shops), supermarkets and grocery stores, shopping centers, hotels and motels, real estate offices, banks, automotive repair shops, car dealerships, car washes, medical centers, liquor stores, movie theaters, clothing stores, pharmacies and other stores and services. Also includes two photographs of Anaheim Stadium, and one of Los Angeles International Airport. Seven photographs show signs erected by Electrical Products Corporation, and one by Ledbetter Signs. One photograph shows the Wagner Mechanical hand being used on a supermarket sign in Glendale, California.
