EdT. wrote:Sam, that's what I was guessing by asking if it was a 'coverage/resource' issue. Then again, they might have just realized how damn cool these signs were and didn't want to stop making them...
Yep, there was some cool signage out there. Also, because of the expansion and explosive population growth in the south, ACSC had to produce far many more signs than did CSAA. This statement is not made as a competing one because I am from Southern California, but Southern California grew tremendously during and after World War II. There was a great deal of manufacturing here, and at that time, agriculture was rapidly expanding, as well as the sprawling suburbia phenomenon.
ACSC made signage which went down into Mexico, too. I believe some went as far as San Felipe. They also made and posted much of the signage along the Lincoln Highway. When I worked for the Auto Club, there were a few on display of the L.H. signs in their old Los Angeles Headquarters building at Adams and Figueroa.
OH, and Brian, congratulations on a great find!
I also remember seeing these with white lettering against a green background. I believe there is still one on Sunset Blvd. near Pacific Palisades. I am not sure if it is porcelain, or if they made this color combo that way.
