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entering Boston Massachusetts city limit highway marker road sign 1950 18x16

$ 62.83

Availability: 57 in stock
  • Condition: New
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    Description

    Entering Boston highway sign.
    Up for sale today is this Entering Boston, est. 1630 highway sign.   Made to the exact state standard as devised in the early 1950s to resemble an open book; this sign style persisted until about 1975 when the more modern flat-bottom variant came into prevalence.
    As far as I know, none of these curved-bottom signs, featuring the classic Massachusetts highway sign font, remain in existence.  If one should show up, it would command a price of several hundred or multiple thousands of dollars.  Here is your chance to own an example of this style of sign, without breaking the bank.
    I can make any Massachusetts town or city name sign; inquire about your home town!
    The sign is flat printed on steel, with completely accurate layout and fonts.  It weighs about 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and has been rescaled from the original 54 x 48 inch size to a much more wieldy 18 by 16.  It is a non-reflective sign - perfect for indoor or outdoor display.
    This is a high quality, heavy steel sign.  Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close!
    I can of course make these signs with
    any route number of your choice,
    and not just this style, but others with the reflectors, the embossed style that other states used, and even the classic mileage, direction, and city limit guide signs from the era. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A.
    "Life doesn't happen along the interstates. It's against the law." - Charles Kuralt
    Figure about 8 pounds for shipping, packed with care and mailed from zip code 61833.
    Thank you for your purchase!