"Put a Tiger in your Tank:" Vintage Esso Pump at Walkersville Heritage Farm Park (Ca. Late 1950s- Early 1960s?)

Here's something that may not be ordinary at any historic farm site- a vintage gas pump.  This vintage Esso (Exxon) pump is near the white shed at the Heritage Farm Park in Walkersville, Maryland.

Rusted Esso gas pump (with broken "Esso" sign)
behind the white shed at Heritage Farm Park in
Walkersville, Maryland.

Lead identification sign on the old Esso pump
at Heritage Farm Park in Walkersville, Maryland.

Full shot of the Esso pump outside the
Heritage Farm Park in Walkersville, Maryland.

"Happy Motoring!"

Old Coca-Cola Sign at Brownie's Garage- Walkersville, Maryland

Here is a Coca-Cola (circa 1970s) sign at Brownie's Auto Garage in Walkersville, Maryland (with the company's signature spencerian script and Dynamic Ribbon logo).  Not only does it advertise Coca-Cola, it also advertises Brownie's Auto Garage.

There were many Coke signs that local businesses used from coast-to-coast from the 1970s to the 1980s.  Unfortunately, many of these signs have disappeared in recent years.

Wide shot of the Brownie's Garage/Coca-Cola (circa 1970s)
sign in Walkersville, Maryland.

Brownie's Garage/Coca-Cola (circa 1970s) sign near power lines
in Walkersville, Maryland.

Brownie's Garage/Coca-Cola (circa 1970s, in red sepiatone) sign
in Walkersville, Maryland.

Close-up of Coca-Cola sign (circa 1970s) in Walkersville, Maryland.

Enjoy!

Welcome!

Welcome to my new photography project blog for Photography III at Hood College, titled "Sign-O-Rama: A Collection of Vintage/Modern Signs and Architecture."  Here is the first set of photographs in this project:

Vintage Woodsboro Liquors Sign 

Vintage neon "Liquors" sign outside of Woodsboro Liquors in
Woodsboro, Maryland.

Vintage T.R. Saylor Hardware Storefront (w/Kem-Tone Paint window sign)

Storefront of the now-defunct T.R. Saylor/True Value Hardware
store in Walkersville, Maryland (with vintage Kem-Tone Paint
window sign).  The store closed its doors in the Summer of 2015.

Kem-Tone Paint Sign (Angled Close-Up)

Angled close-up of the vintage Kem-Tone Paint sign in the window of
the former T.R. Saylor/True Value Hardware store in Walkersville,
Maryland.  According to the American Chemical Society, Kem-Tone
was a brand of interior paint made by Sherwin-Williams. 

To all subscribers/readers who have stumbled across this new blog, thanks for coming!  Be on the lookout for more photographs of vintage/modern signs and buildings.  

All the best,
Chris Hamby
Senior, Hood College (and classic film blog writer/creator of "Silver Screen Reflections")
@chrishambyfilms