https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305029/keyword/292819 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/85/A7/305029.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305029/keyword/292819 Sat, 23 May 2026 09:32:39 +0000 Sat, 23 May 2026 09:32:39 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382353 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-27,doc-35382353 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:27:28 +0000 2007-12-26T21:27:28-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382353"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/53/35382353.90d0af41.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="173" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Here is the somewhat renowned Edelweiss girl, an early advertising icon of the Chicago-based Schoenhofen Brewery.</div> Lady_of_the_Alps <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382353"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/53/35382353.90d0af41.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="173" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Here is the somewhat renowned Edelweiss girl, an early advertising icon of the Chicago-based Schoenhofen Brewery.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382349 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-27,doc-35382349 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:27:28 +0000 2007-12-26T21:27:28-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382349"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/49/35382349.35c7b057.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="177" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A typical late Victorian lithograph depicting one of the all-time favorite cigar label themes - pretty women.</div> Havana_Rose_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382349"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/49/35382349.35c7b057.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="177" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A typical late Victorian lithograph depicting one of the all-time favorite cigar label themes - pretty women.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382351 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-27,doc-35382351 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:27:28 +0000 2007-12-26T21:27:28-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382351"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/51/35382351.3450d588.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Pleasant, but bordering on smug, this particular "queen" adorns a circa 1898 box from Illinois.</div> Golden_Queen_detail <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382351"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/51/35382351.3450d588.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Pleasant, but bordering on smug, this particular "queen" adorns a circa 1898 box from Illinois.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382347 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-27,doc-35382347 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:27:28 +0000 2007-12-26T21:27:28-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382347"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/47/35382347.021a3d41.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another Illinois box, with a patriotic treatment... its abundant nationalism owing in great part to the recent War with Spain of 1898.</div> Patriot_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35382347"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/23/47/35382347.021a3d41.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another Illinois box, with a patriotic treatment... its abundant nationalism owing in great part to the recent War with Spain of 1898.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381919 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-28,doc-35381919 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:03:48 +0000 2007-03-20T22:00:04-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381919"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/19/19/35381919.0e35d19c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="189" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely lady is featured on a box from Millstadt, Illinois.<br /> <br /> Louis Reichling, maker, Factory No. 112, 13th District, Illinois.</div> Blue_Pearl_box <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381919"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/19/19/35381919.0e35d19c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="189" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely lady is featured on a box from Millstadt, Illinois.<br /> <br /> Louis Reichling, maker, Factory No. 112, 13th District, Illinois.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381621 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-03,doc-35381621 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:15:00 +0000 2008-01-02T11:29:49-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381621"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/16/21/35381621.06293ac4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="230" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A vignette of a partially-veiled lovely set against a floral foreground makes for an attractive box, granted, but it does little to explain why <i>she</i> - or perhaps the cigars - are the pearl of Cuba.</div> Pearl_of_Cuba_box <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381621"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/16/21/35381621.06293ac4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="230" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A vignette of a partially-veiled lovely set against a floral foreground makes for an attractive box, granted, but it does little to explain why <i>she</i> - or perhaps the cigars - are the pearl of Cuba.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381357 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-14,doc-35381357 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:36:37 +0000 2008-01-18T00:33:03-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381357"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/13/57/35381357.396dd6ad.240.jpg?r2" width="144" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Abstract geometry is a key design element on this western Illinois cleaners sign.</div> Power To The People <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35381357"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/13/57/35381357.396dd6ad.240.jpg?r2" width="144" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Abstract geometry is a key design element on this western Illinois cleaners sign.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380745 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380745 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:21 +0000 2008-01-27T01:33:09-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380745"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/45/35380745.3f90f504.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="227" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A straighforward treatment is this logo-sign for the American Legion in downstate Flora, Illinois. 2002</div> American_Legion_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380745"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/45/35380745.3f90f504.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="227" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A straighforward treatment is this logo-sign for the American Legion in downstate Flora, Illinois. 2002</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380743 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380743 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:21 +0000 2008-01-27T02:04:42-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380743"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/43/35380743.1c2c1af2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="200" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">B.P.O.E. stood for the Benevolent Paternal Order of Elks, one of many fraternal lodges that once flourished. 2002</div> BPOE_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380743"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/43/35380743.1c2c1af2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="200" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">B.P.O.E. stood for the Benevolent Paternal Order of Elks, one of many fraternal lodges that once flourished. 2002</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380741 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380741 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:21 +0000 2008-01-27T02:19:29-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380741"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/41/35380741.bf080662.240.jpg?r2" width="145" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A makeshift tin man stands vigilantly outside this Jacksonville, Illinois heating service store. 2002</div> Carrier_tin_man_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380741"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/41/35380741.bf080662.240.jpg?r2" width="145" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A makeshift tin man stands vigilantly outside this Jacksonville, Illinois heating service store. 2002</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380739 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380739 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:21 +0000 2008-01-27T01:13:25-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380739"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/39/35380739.feff8aee.240.jpg?r2" width="173" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Busy, but likeable. This was long a staple on Chicago's North Side. I should go see if it's still there sometime.</div> Coles_Hotpoint_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380739"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/39/35380739.feff8aee.240.jpg?r2" width="173" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Busy, but likeable. This was long a staple on Chicago's North Side. I should go see if it's still there sometime.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380737 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380737 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:56:21 +0000 2008-01-27T01:01:51-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380737"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/37/35380737.207b70f5.240.jpg?r2" width="184" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It's a good thing that most of the diamonds sold by this northern Illinois jeweler predate the lawsuit now pending that DeBeers had conspired to fix the price of diamonds. Who knew - besides everybody, I mean...</div> Luecke_Jewelers <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380737"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/37/35380737.207b70f5.240.jpg?r2" width="184" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It's a good thing that most of the diamonds sold by this northern Illinois jeweler predate the lawsuit now pending that DeBeers had conspired to fix the price of diamonds. Who knew - besides everybody, I mean...</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380729 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-23,doc-35380729 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:12:53 +0000 2008-01-27T01:41:32-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380729"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/29/35380729.3239a9bc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="178" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">FLT - Friendship, Love, and Truth are the virtues once extolled by this seldom-encountered type of sign. Downstate IL. 2002</div> Odd_Fellows_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380729"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/07/29/35380729.3239a9bc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="178" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">FLT - Friendship, Love, and Truth are the virtues once extolled by this seldom-encountered type of sign. Downstate IL. 2002</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380687 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-25,doc-35380687 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:06:48 +0000 2008-01-27T21:35:55-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380687"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/06/87/35380687.0ecec291.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="134" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This drive-in liquor store sign is no longer there... Rantoul, Illinois. 1999</div> Liquorette_DriveIn_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380687"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/06/87/35380687.0ecec291.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="134" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This drive-in liquor store sign is no longer there... Rantoul, Illinois. 1999</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380635 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-26,doc-35380635 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:02:04 +0000 2008-01-30T03:05:39-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380635"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/06/35/35380635.fbbed38a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="148" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">What a setting for a 'couples only' skate around the rink. Is it too indulgent to think maybe 'Moonlight Serenade' would be playing too on such an enchanted evening of fun at the Moonlight Garden Skating Palace??<br /> <br /> Springfield, Illinois.</div> Moonlight_Garden_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380635"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/06/35/35380635.fbbed38a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="148" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">What a setting for a 'couples only' skate around the rink. Is it too indulgent to think maybe 'Moonlight Serenade' would be playing too on such an enchanted evening of fun at the Moonlight Garden Skating Palace??<br /> <br /> Springfield, Illinois.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380551 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-27,doc-35380551 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:29:06 +0000 2008-01-31T18:45:51-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380551"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/51/35380551.a54d45e9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Have a look at the fantastically overwrought 'Crystal Bar' in the Brevoort Hotel from Chicago, Illinois. <br /> <br /> Circa 1942</div> PC_Brevoort_Hotel_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380551"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/51/35380551.a54d45e9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Have a look at the fantastically overwrought 'Crystal Bar' in the Brevoort Hotel from Chicago, Illinois. <br /> <br /> Circa 1942</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380531 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-28,doc-35380531 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:04:31 +0000 2008-01-31T20:34:44-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380531"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/31/35380531.f54c9a5d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="203" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This motel and sign once stood along old US 20 through Elmhurst, Illinois. 2004</div> Travelers_Rest_Motel_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380531"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/31/35380531.f54c9a5d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="203" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This motel and sign once stood along old US 20 through Elmhurst, Illinois. 2004</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380523 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-28,doc-35380523 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:14:02 +0000 2008-01-31T20:36:46-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380523"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/23/35380523.7c40ba7e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Along old US 6 in western Illinois. <br /> <br /> From an older 35mm print, 2005.</div> City Motel <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380523"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/23/35380523.7c40ba7e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Along old US 6 in western Illinois. <br /> <br /> From an older 35mm print, 2005.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380519 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-28,doc-35380519 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:26:55 +0000 2008-01-31T21:05:17-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380519"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/19/35380519.15d2b7ea.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Keith's Cafe - An interesting piece of custom-crafted signage from central Illinois.</div> Keiths_Cafe_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380519"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/05/19/35380519.15d2b7ea.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Keith's Cafe - An interesting piece of custom-crafted signage from central Illinois.</div> PopKulture https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380473 tag:ipernity.com,2008-01-30,doc-35380473 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:37:09 +0000 2008-02-02T20:55:56-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380473"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/04/73/35380473.a75869ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="163" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Here is a view of the old filling station on old Route 66 through Odell, Illinois, before it underwent restoration. It was restored back to a Standard Station and placed on the National Register. <br /> <br /> From a 35mm print, 1999.</div> 66_Odell_Sinclair_IL <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305029">PopKulture</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305029/35380473"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/123/04/73/35380473.a75869ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="163" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Here is a view of the old filling station on old Route 66 through Odell, Illinois, before it underwent restoration. It was restored back to a Standard Station and placed on the National Register. <br /> <br /> From a 35mm print, 1999.</div> PopKulture