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Just thought I would post a pic of one of the things Ive collected over the years.
This is one of my fav. pcs, as it ties into my beloved Maple Leafs.

The Leafs used to play on Mutual Streel at the Mutual Street Arena (thus being called Toronto "Arenas" in the early days).  They then moved to Maple Leafs Gardens, located on Carlton Street in 1931, and also changed their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.  
These two streets actually intersect each other, and this is, or was lol, the very sign at that corner.

Now the Leafs play on Bay Street at the Air Canada Centre, but I dont like those new 20th century signs lol.

Just thought I would share with you all

If any of you have any street sign pics, please share, as I like to see those old street signs from various cities.

I have a sign that says Waverley Street... Kids love it because its reminicent of thier favourite kids telly programme.
I have absolutely no idea where it would have once stood. Did try and find it on google without any luck. Wolud love to know
so I could add it to my road trip.

I also have the original sign that was up on the wall on the street I grew up in. The Local Authority came around about 20 yrs ago and removed all the
100 yr old enamel signs with cast iron frames and put up new cheap metal versions with a crappy green background. Did it right across the Borough.
Cost a small fortune.

Thats whats happened in Tornto, (I still think is happening on the smaller streets if Im not mistaken) where they replaced the old iron signs with look alike steel ones with decals for lettering.  It's nice though that they at least kept the same shape.

Nice sign though.... maybe the street used to be called Waverly St. and they changed the name for some reason (it happens) and thats how the sign became available?

I found this on my way back from Chicagoland in 2010 at a antique mall , I liked the way it looked and it reminds me of my daughter
who lives there, Did not want to restore it because it kind of fit in with the rest of my tins and pictures I have hanging heading down the stair way.

But after seeing Bonovox's and Dave's making me think I may want to restore mine.

Nice sign Pat!  If that sign were mine I would be torn to either keep it original, as I dont mind rust, but then again, your sign has more rust than I'd like, and it takes away from the black lettering. 

Either way, another great sign! Thanks for sharing

Ed

 

Ed I know I was fine till I saw yours and Dave's,  Know I have it off the wall and think of putting in to the blast cabinet and then getting  it powder coated.

Pat

Glad I can be of inspiration lol.... It looks good as is, but I think it will look awesome restored as well. 

We have some old blue porcelain signs in a nearby city. I've been dying to get my hands on some of the ones they've retired. I'll take some pics soon to share. They're really cool.
  TFJ

i was told this was 1900's  From NYC, but I bought it since it's  my name.
One day I'll get it hung properly

That looks just like the ones that are local to me, with the cross street up top. They are framed in cast iron. Do you have any idea what they are worth?
  TFJ

Tom, bought it off Ebay some 5-10 yrs ago, and can't remember what I paid. I've seen them show up on Ebay occasionally, but the prices are across the board.

The house I grew up in was on a corner. I have the two porcelain street signs that they took down in the 70's to put up highly reflective ones. I got them right out of the hands of the city workers. There are not nearly as old as the ones you guys have, but boy are they heavy.

A few years back I saw an article about a town somewhere in Ontario that had changed out all of their street signs and they were selling the old ones to the public.  I requested the list and was going to buy a few but the shipping would have been far more than the cost of the signs.  Here are a few signs that I have collected over the years.  The first one was "collected" from a college campus many years ago--it gets good reactions at parties when you place it behind the bar.  The other three were salvaged from the back room of my dad's drugstore right before we sold the place in 1977.  The last two are from the Michigan Liquor Licensing Commission and are reverse painted on square pieces of plate glass.  This sign had to be displayed along with your liquor license somewhere visible in the store.  I am guessing that these were manufactured for the MLLC by guests of the state at one of the prisons.  Can you spot the error in the last sign?

Enjoy!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

The city of Toronto advertised that there would be an quction for all their old signs (the one that I have, although I didnt get mine at an auction ;o)

Then, I never heard anything after about the signs, and this was a couple of years ago.

I never was espeoially good at that game!  :tounge:

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!  :happydrinkers: When I found this sign, I thought the mistake was hilarious.  Although, a few years later I was at a Michigan football game, I bought a Coke and the souvenier plastic cup said "University of Mighigan" on it.  Probably a joke pulled by a Michigan State packaging engineering graduate!  Not too funny to a Michigan fan though!  :glare:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

lol i noticed the o instead of a c in specially