A lot of signage and some mercury action near the end.
SignalTraffic Forums
For the discussion of Traffic Signals, Signs and other street furniture
1939 NYC Video
Moderator: 3liteguy
18 posts
• Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
1939 NYC Video
by LarryC39 on Fri May 31, 2013 5:20 pm
#LC
I'm Moving! http://highwaydivides.com/
Lubrication
The right kind of slippery.
-Quote from The Book of DSM'13
I'm Moving! http://highwaydivides.com/
Lubrication
The right kind of slippery.
-Quote from The Book of DSM'13
-
LarryC39 - Wiki Mod
- Posts: 5567
- Joined: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:43 pm
- Location: Detroit, MI
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by notMUTCDcompliant on Fri May 31, 2013 5:29 pm
Ruleta with fancy final @1.55
Last edited by notMUTCDcompliant on Fri May 31, 2013 6:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-Matt Cornely
CWotD
CWotD
-
notMUTCDcompliant - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 2941
- Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:21 pm
- Location: Royersford, PA
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by Magnetboy on Fri May 31, 2013 6:34 pm
notMUTCDcompliant wrote:Ruella with fancy final @1.55
Hey Matt....What's a Ruella?
I don't think that is a finial on the Ruleta. I believe we mentioned this before in a long past thread. I think it was a small statue of Mercury, and they are very rare.
EDIT: Just found the thread and here it is....
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1228&p=9125&hilit=mercury#p9125
What's with all the quotes in everyone's signatures?
-
Magnetboy - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 4503
- Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:47 pm
- Location: Greeneville, TN
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by 2070 on Fri May 31, 2013 8:35 pm
Larry likes the "Work Pants".... 
Well what do you know. If I put my name here, I do not have to sign it everytime.
Phil
Used Traffic Signal Equipment Expeditor
http://www.twingreenonline.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Twin.Green.Traffic.Signal
https://www.facebook.com/Traffic.Light.King
Phil
Used Traffic Signal Equipment Expeditor
http://www.twingreenonline.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Twin.Green.Traffic.Signal
https://www.facebook.com/Traffic.Light.King
-
2070 - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 9975
- Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:29 pm
- Location: Columbia County, New York
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by steven1981 on Fri May 31, 2013 8:58 pm
Great vintage signage, and I love that decorative "Mercury signal" at the end. Such a classic.
Thanks for sharing the video. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing the video. I really enjoyed it.
Steven G.
-
steven1981 - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 3552
- Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:09 pm
- Location: Manahawkin, NJ
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by vaughn on Fri May 31, 2013 9:32 pm
I've never heard of this Mercury. Now I want it.
- vaughn
- Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 1358
- Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:39 pm
- Location: Woodstown NJ.
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by steven1981 on Fri May 31, 2013 9:46 pm
vaughn wrote:I've never heard of this Mercury. Now I want it.
Nearly all of them (?) on 5th Avenue in Manhattan were scrapped in 1964 or so by then N.Y.C. traffic commissioner Henry Barnes, and he apparently did a good job in doing so. This is true for most of the statuettes of the God Mercury. Though there are at least four still in existence. Two of them on display at the Museum of the city of N.Y., while the other two are in the possessions of private collectors, in which I'm sure each one paid a pretty penny for.
It is rather funny to think that some New Yorkers weren't exactly fond of the traffic signal at all, due to its design.
I'd say that's a great work of art. Even if one is not a signal nut, the individual still has to appreciate something like that in my opinion.Last edited by steven1981 on Fri May 31, 2013 9:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Steven G.
-
steven1981 - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 3552
- Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:09 pm
- Location: Manahawkin, NJ
-
notMUTCDcompliant - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 2941
- Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:21 pm
- Location: Royersford, PA
Re: 1939 NYC Video
by Stevejt66 on Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:50 pm
I am getting a message that the video doesn't exist...
--- Steve T from Albany NY
-
Stevejt66 - Crusty Old Salt
- Posts: 390
- Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:32 pm
- Location: Albany, NY
Re: NYC Bronze Mercury Signal
by techtiques on Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:16 pm
- techtiques
- Emerging Signal Fan
- Posts: 66
- Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:03 pm
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
18 posts
• Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: SignalFreak and 0 guests