Photographic evidence of the long history of being told to do this and don't do that....
George Eastman House |
Take a Kodak with you! Autochrome, ca. 1917. Source
State Library of New South Wales |
Keep your feet off the walls. Australia, 1947. Source
National Library of Scotland |
Two WWI soldiers at a village sign, coming with the quietly devastating caption, "Owing to modern artillery, captured villages have to be marked with a sign board." Source
An ambrotype of man painting a sign, ca. 1858. Even if it wasn't noted, this photo is almost guaranteed to be am ambrotype instead of a daguerreotype or tintype, which can look similar, especially in their digitized forms--daguerreotypes and tintypes reverse images right-left, so the writing would be backwards. Source
Oregon State University |
A sign for farm labor, Oregon, 1944. Source
State Library and Archives Florida |
Ducks not swimming beyond the point, Florida, 1949. Source
Stockholm Transit Museum |
A man painting transit signs, Stockholm, 1943. Source
Powerhouse Museum |
Billboards, Sydney, Australia, 1923. Source
National Library of Scotland |
A soldier regards a sign describing the offerings of a canteen on the Western Front, WWI. Source
Stockholm Transport Museum |
Men putting up a sign for a new subway station, Stockholm, 1961. Source
Library of Congress |
Signs outside a grocery store in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. Source
State Library of Queensland |
Sign for a military police checkpoint in Queensland, 1943. Source
Tyne and Wear Archives and Museum |
Shipyard workers with a sign welcoming the King and Queen, Tyne and Wear, UK, 1943. Source
Women making fun of a sign about bathing suits, Miami, 1934. Source
National Library of Scotland |
Two soliders look at a sign advertising an entertainment group visiting the trenches, WWI. Source
New York Public Library |
A sign for signs, New York, 1935. Source
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