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Signs of Nash Times!

Like the automobiles they pitch, automotive signs have drastically changed over the years. And also like many automobiles, signs have been scrapped or junked as their usefulness wanes or they become dated.

Businesses initially used hand-painted wooden signs to advertise the products they were selling. Those wood signs eventually gave way to more professional-looking tin and porcelain signs. Illuminated signs have evolved,

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