Bodie California ghost town ACSC highway road sign auto club diamond 1922 12" For Sale

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Bodie California ghost town ACSC highway road sign auto club diamond 1922 12":
$109.00

Bodie highway sign.

Up for sale today is this Bodie sign. Bodie, California became a boom town in 1876, due to a profitable vein of gold being discovered around that time. By 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 7,000–10,000 people, but by 1910, it had dwindled down to just 698. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and is California's official state gold rush ghost town. A sign just like this one was likely posted at the intersection of what is now US 395 and Bodie Road, (likely the Reno highway back then). This sign has been made to the exact standards as used around 1922-28 by the Auto Club of Southern California in the Sierra Nevada mountains and elsewhere.

The original of these, complete with the logo of the Automobile Club of Southern California, would cost many thousands of dollars if it even survives at all. This sign is a faithful remake that has been rescaled from the original 18" on a side, to 12" on a side (about 17" up and down between the points), and weighs about 3 pounds, 12 ounces.

Please note that I can make a diamond sign for any set of destinations. Inquire about custom orders!

This is a high quality, heavy steel, non-reflective replica sign—perfect for indoor or outdoor display. Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close!

I can of course make these signs with any city name of your choice, and not just this style, but also the classic US and state route markers, as well as the mileage and direction guide signs, from the era. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A.

Figure about $SHIPPING_FANCY for shipping, packed carefully and mailed from zip code 61833. Our signs are only printed when you buy them. Allow about 10 business days for manufacturing, in addition to the usual delivery time.

The watermark and bear logo in the design preview will not appear on the actual sign. We have begun adding a watermark because we have had problems with other companies copying our artwork to make lesser-quality imitations. You will only get this high level of quality in design and materials from Signs by Jake.

"Life doesn't happen along the interstates. It's against the law." —Charles Kuralt

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