Old neon sign, seen in Seattle, Washington, June 19, 2011.

Seen in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on March 28, 2009.

I love this old lettering, c. 1954. Seen in the Amana Heritage Museum, Amana Colonies, Iowa, March 19, 2012.

Lettering on the cover of a vintage travel guide. Seen in an antique store in Frazee, Minnesota in 2003. I really like the “r” a lot.

An assortment of vintage game boxes seen in the toy museum at Lark Toys, Kellogg, Minnesota, on August 21, 2004.

Mike Meyer is a sign painter based in Mazeppa, Minnesota. I first knew of Mike’s work from the beautiful hand-painted signs he did for a restaurant in St. Paul called Andy’s Garage. (Unfortunately, the original location where I saw them in St. Paul is closed now, but his signs can still be seen at the Minneapolis location in the Midtown Commons.) Last year, Mike discovered my site and we began corresponding by email a bit. Recently, he sent me some photos of cool signs he took on a trip through the south. With his permission, here are a few of them: