Lettered boards or other displays used to give directions or information, to identify a place of business or public facility, or to give warnings or directions. Textual or symbolic rather than pictorial.
Broader Terms
Ephemera (2972)
Narrower Terms
Banners (286),
Traffic signs & signals (81),
Electric signs (50),
Billboards (37),
Plaques (37),
Sandwich boards (1)
Related Terms
Broadsides (1),
Display cards (1),
Logos (6),
Posters (104),
Symbols (407)
Used for
Signs
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