1950s MANHATTAN STREET SIGNS

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For most of the 20th Century, between about 1915 and 1965, Manhattan and the Bronx were dominated by classic “humpback” street signs in navy blue (coincidentally NY Yankee colors) with serifed lettering in white. These signs were supplanted by yellow vinyl signs with black lettering beginning in 1964 until today’s familiar green and white scheme […]

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