Milwaukee area, I need your help

[Bikeage77]

My girlfriend is doing a photo project for UWM. She's trying to document old antique signs. The most common ones are motels, but bowling alley's, boutiques, and restaraunts have them too. If you know of any by your house, on your way to work, or whatever, could you give me the location? She'd really appreciate it!

 

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/892/motel3.jpg

[SeriesFinale]

Don't have anything to offer unfortunately since I'm not in the area, but my wife also likes taking snaps of these old relics when we're on road trips:

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BdQFDVIl-k8/SWQC0TW-9bI/AAAAAAAABCk/CiF8IO0Ama8/s1600-h/Vintage+Roadside+Signs.jpg

 

Anyway, cool project, good luck to your girlfriend

[brucrustu]

Heaven City in Mukwanago has the old National Liquor Bar sign set up in their parking lot. It's a neon bottle pouring into a shot glass.

[drezdn]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for but, the Arby's in Cudahy (5965 S Packard Ave, Cudahy) seems pretty old (it's also visible in google street view, if you want to check it out).

[MickeyDavis]

Heaven City in Mukwanago has the old National Liquor Bar sign set up in their parking lot. It's a neon bottle pouring into a shot glass.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/1420261122_0e4192076a.jpg?v=0

[patrickgpe]

The Landmark on North and Farwell is pretty old.

[Bikeage77]

That's fantastic the National Liquor Bar sign was preserved by someone. I only drank there once, but I lived 3 blocks away from there, and got carry out a lot.

 

I totally didn't think of google maps, that will help a lot before we drive around the county to take pictures, good call!

[zurch1818]

I saw this Old Style sign today while driving through Cross Plains. Cubs fans would be proud.

[InsomniacInkRoss]

60th and Beloit

 

Used Cars

 

68th and Bluemound

 

AFL CIO Sing

 

Picture doesn't look that good, but its old and metal, i think its cool

[Bikeage77]

Nice, I'll have to check out both those. Over the weekend we got one on Ryan Rd and 27th. A lady came out and yelled at her for it. She said she should have asked permission. We drove around a little bit, came back and took another one from the road. We also got Victoria's Motel on S Chicago off of Ryan Rd. Then decided to go to Kenosha to get the Mars Cheese Castle and Bobby Nelson's Cheese next door. On Layton there was another sign that read ROOMS.

 

I'm trying to concinve her to load up her collection on flickr or something. If she does, I'll post a link. I appreciate all your help! Keep em coming, as this is an obsession to her as bobbleheads are to me.

[InsomniacInkRoss]

It was smart to leave, and come back, but, for legal purposes, you can photograph anything in the public eye from public ground (as far as I know from working in news)

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

It's not a marquee sign per se, but there's a convenience store on 27th and Wisconsin that had a very, very old hotel ad painted on the side of it as of a couple weeks ago. There used to be a billboard over it. It was for a hotel I'd never heard of, looked like a 50's era ad.