1950's stop lights in Hollywood

above from the movie Sunset Boulevard, below from http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/

Most useless stoplight I've ever found. It doesn't point at traffic, doesn't have any arrow light, and has been ignored since the installers put in the new light system a couple dozen years ago

It was even ignored when they lights were retrofit with LED lights

Meadville Pennsylvania and Amara Geffen's collaborative Art and Environment Initiative are making cool art from old signs

 These are pieces of a very long artwork you can scroll across here http://ceed.allegheny.edu/A&EI/read.html

Thanks to Jim for these photos!

Unusual rail road crossing sign, ever see one that says "Look out for the cars" ?

1939 photo above, below is one of the traffic signal towers I've been posting, it's from a 1918 photo

photos from http://www.shorpy.com/

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter

Amelia Earhart with the scooter

General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car

The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/

Aerodynamic trucks and trailers

looks like a street car getting relocated

Sept 1949 Popular mechanics

Not sure what the above vehicle is

Kaiser factory that made aircraft

Ever see any racing Hudson Terraplanes before

What a great steering wheel, look slike it'a at a car show (from the I.D. board in the window)