Blue Coal Billboard

Object Number : 2022.0001.0015
Type : signs/displays
Sub Types : Array
Decade : 1930 - 1939
Object History :

Large wooden billboard for Blue Coal, advertising “more heat, less ash.” The billboard is largely a blue base with white and light blue lettering that has yellow outlines. At the bottom is a yellow banner block, “America’s finest anthracite is now colored blue”. There is a small sign tag at the bottom center, quite faded, reading The Metal Poster Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, patents pending.

City of Origin : Cleveland
State of Origin : Ohio
Status : Exhibit
Location : Letter Wall/Timeline
Status Location : Early Wooden Signs
Donor Name : Brian Maiher (seller)
Contact Donor : 1
Condition :

Good

Deed of Gift Form Received : 06/25/2015
Object Cataloged Date : 12/19/2023
Purchase Cost : $1,300
Fair Market Value : 0.00
Private Documents : Array