One of the nicer porcelain subway signs I have seen…I’ll print this one life size if you want…
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“Like it Was” The Bronx 1989
I had the rare White Coca Cola button. I had a black cat. I even had a White Trans Am., but I never had a single print of this corner…I just realized yesterday, that many of my better images are just a bunch of “zeros and ones”.
©Matt Weber
Automat Sign 1986
I wish I had photographed this sign in Kodachrome, but I also wish the sign had been saved. Maybe it is in some museum…We all remember the Horn & Hardart’s which were all over town back in the old days, but the truth is, the food wasn’t very good! People rave about the pies but I think the “Delivery System” was what people are getting all misty over. Putting a few coins in the slot and then having your food’s little window open up, was all the fun, not eating the soggy tuna sandwich…
This image can be purchased for little more than a slice of cheesecake…
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And Moses said, “Let There be Traffic, Forever!”
I love old signs. The Cross Bronx Expressway has had traffic problems for as long as I can recall. This sign may have predated the “parking lot” which it became, but I guess without it, things would even be worse…
Matt Weber
“Whirly Girly Revue” Times Square 1985
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East 13th Street 1985 (New Scan)
Recognize this stoop? Just picture Jodie Foster at thirteen wearing hot pants,…
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Brooklyn 1987
This is one of the most exceptional signs I ever came across. You could sell this one for enough money to buy a pretty nice…..car!
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“Blackie Comes Home” 1992
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“Hell’s Kitchen 1986”
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“Cross Bronx Porcelain Sign” 1985
This one was a little too large to take home…
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“Sugar Hill” Harlem 1985
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“Mexico” Ave of the Americas 1987
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“2nd Ave. DELI” Winter 1987
Yes prints are available…
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“Yellow & Black Porcelain Sreet Signs” F.D.R. Drive 1989
These 1950’s porcelain street signs were still up on the FDR drive in 1989…
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“Buick Valve in Head Neon Sign” Newburgh N.Y. 1986
Yesterday on July 4th I posted a picture of a pre-war Chevrolet sign, but should have posted this beauty because of the flag…
These days porcelain neon signs are worth a fortune but I never collected neon…Oh well, more spilled milk.
©Matt Weber
“Original 1960’s Blimpie Base Sign” NYC 1986
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Old Hudson & Manhattan (Path Train) Sign 1986
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Wall Street 1988
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California Dreaming 1992
This iconic sign has been in many movies and may be as well known as any sign in the world…Maybe not, I’m just saying. Notice that it has been riddled heavily with bullets over the years! Perhaps some “Greasers” in their 1932 Ford coupe, shot at it after seeing “Gun Crazy” back in 1950…
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Cafeteria 1988
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Brooklyn 1988
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“Televison Killed the Radio Star” 1988
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“The Neon Wilderness” 1992
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 