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"The Preservation of Historic Signs" an Historic Preservation Brief October 7, 2008


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The Preservation of Historic Signs

Michael J. Auer
The Preservation of Historic Signs

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Introduction

Historic Sign Types and Practices

Sign Regulation

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Preserving Historic Signs

New Signs and Historic Buildings

Conclusion

Selected Reading

Notes

Acknowledgements


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Selected Reading

DiLamme, Philip. American Streamline: A Handbook of Neon Advertising Design. Cincinnati: ST Publications, 1988.

Evans, Bill and Andrew Lawson. Shopfronts. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1981.

The Gilder's Manual. Washington, D.C.: The Society of Gilders, 1991. (Reprint of The Gilder's Manual; A Practical Guide to Gilding in All its Branches. New York: Excelsior Publishing House, 1876.)

Liebs, Chester. Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture. Boston: Little, Brown and Company/ New York Graphics Society, 1985.

National Main Street Center. Main Street Guidelines: Signs for Main Street. Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1987.

Phillips, Peter H. "Sign Controls for Historic Signs," PAS Memo. Chicago: American Planning Association, November 1988.

Smith, Kent. Gold Leaf Techniques. Cincinnati: ST Publications, 1989.

Stage, William. Ghost Signs: Brick Wall Signs in America. Cincinnati: ST Publications, 1989.

Stern, Rudi. Let There Be Neon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979. (Rev. 1988).


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