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World's Oddest Billboard's and SignsDid you know that Billboard Magazine, the famous music industry trade publication, was started long before recorded music was little more than a novelty? It began as a magazine about...billboards."[Billboard] magazine was launched in the fall of 1894 by two partners, William H. Donaldson and James H. Hennegan, as a publication for the billposting business. Donaldson was a salesman for his father's lithography company, which specialized in printing advertising posters...The new magazine was named Billboard Advertising and was published monthly. As declared on its ornate opening page, it was 'devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents and secretaries of fairs.'" —read more Seth Godin, one of the best marketing minds around for many years now, recently wrote about the odd but maybe perfectly placed highway billboard shown below. 
"Not photoshopped, I took it myself. The site is real." —Seth Godin
What is YOUR Oddest Billboard Ever Seen?We once saw a serious-looking sign for a funeral home touting "Ask Us About Our Layaway Plan!" Have you seen it? Near Birmingham? Hilarious! (and perhaps brilliant as well!) Got one of your own? Share it! |
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