Draplin Design Co.: The Sign Graveyard

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January 29, 2007

The Sign Graveyard

Posted at 07:31 AM

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As promised, here’s 40 color views from our amazing afternoon at the Las Vegas Sign Graveyards a couple days back. Special thanks to Kellie Talbot for making it happen. Bravo, girl, bravo.

(And remember to use our sorta-patented, “click-on-the-image-to-close-it” slick-ass web code. Real futuristic.)

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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30
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Jesus Christ, what hallowed ground! Amazing set of pics, I dug every single one. Especially like the colors on #19, the optimism of #21, the chiseled features and licorice-whip hair of #27 and the earnest simplicity of #39. Absolute mastery, the height of the craft from its golden age. They really, really don’t make ‘em like this anymore, most of these signmen are probably either gone or fading into senility, makes me think of Uno, KY in a way. Anyway, great stuff, thanks a lot for sharing it. Wow.

Posted by: PJ Chmiel on 01/29/07 at 11:15 AM

That Golden Nugget sign (no. 19) really did it for me. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Tim Lahan on 01/29/07 at 11:15 AM

amazing set man. Place looks like a melting pot of times forgotten. It’s great to know that there’s a place they keep them all and they’re not just ground up and made into cars that look like electric shavers. Thanks for spreading them around, they’re an inspiration. Makes me want to go to vegas.

Posted by: Jeremy Bunting on 01/29/07 at 8:17 PM

beautiful set of photos

Posted by: carl bean-larson on 02/03/07 at 6:21 AM

I could not live without #2

Posted by: unka mike on 02/25/07 at 8:21 PM

Those are really incredible! Where exactly is this graveyard located? Can anyone enter it? Does it cost to get in?

Posted by: Sizzrs on 11/14/07 at 2:14 PM

We went there this weekend and we have even more awesome pics.

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Posted by: John Utility on 07/23/13 at 12:00 PM