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Subject:Re: Road sign interpretations - (F)
Date:Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:41:41 -0400

In a message dated 95-09-02 14:34:44 EDT, JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu writes:

>or the signs folks used to paint on the farmer's barns and silos?
>"See Rock City", and that sort of stuff. i guess billboards kinda put
>them
>out of business ... or the lack of farmers nowadays. around here, we
>had
>one fellow with two large silos right by an old highway. Schlitz beer
>paid
>him some money and painted those silos to look just like two big tall
>cool
>cans of beer. quite impressive as you rounded the curve.
>
>joel

The ones that were big around Indiana in the '60s and '70s:

"CHEW MAIL POUCH TOBACCO"

Brad