‘Happy Bear’ Signs
By Debra Jane Seltzer – The Bear Manufacturing Company was established in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1917 under the slogan “Let Bear Lug Your Luggage.” If the sign looks familiar to you, you’re probably a Deadhead.
SCA@40: Editors Word: Digging into Commercial Archeology’s Past
FULL ARTICLE MOST OF US have unique stories about how we came to join the SCA. Mine involved an eagle, a birdie, and may have been the only membership linked to golf. At least the course, Valle Vista, was situated just off Route 66 outside of Kingman, Arizona. So that counts for something.
SCA@40: Dawn of a New Age
FULL ARTICLE By Keith A. Sculle – COMMERCIAL ARCHEOLOGY started from the efforts of a few people promoting the preservation of structures that were long ignored and discredited in mid-century America.