A Demanding New Client is Pushing a Sign Company to the Wire
DAVIS CLAY CARRIED himself as something of a big shot in Glen Burnie, MD, just south of Baltimore. A former three-term state senator who represented the area, Clay was wealthy, a self-made man, as he liked to remind his constituents. His business interests ranged widely, though he had not sought to do any business for […]
April 1918 Issue’s Cover Art Repeated in 25 of Next 27 Months
Cover to Cover THIS COVER FOR the April 1918 issue of Signs of the Times was repeated every month but two through August 1920. Maybe the cover artist had gone to Europe, as World War I was grinding to conclusion during 1918, though not ending until November. WWI occupied everybody’s mind in April 1918, as […]