Friday, July 12, 2024

A Sign of Progress

In the case of the Jewell Road shelter, we have what's left of the structure itself, but one obvious thing that's missing is the big station sign that would have been mounted over the door.  That needs to be replaced.  Fortunately, we have several examples of this type of sign on display at IRM.   In particular, the Geneva Road sign is very close.


Reproducing the sign itself was not difficult.  And after tracing all of the letters we needed, it was possible to lay out our best determination of what the original lettering must have looked like.


Now it just needs a couple of clear coats.  The main difficulty will be to carefully transport it from my basement to the Museum and install it on the building.  But the results will be worth all the effort.

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