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switching on the lights of the Empire State Building

one of three men from a local Life-Saving Station to help out with the test

Firemen had to chop through the billboard which featured an ad for St

countless members of Congress and heads of state

Billboard Painters Frame Color:Black " viewed by an estimatedBefore billboards were produced on vinyl panels and unrolled at their intended sites, they were an art form created on the spot by sign painters. Posters like this one for the movie "Silver Streak" were created as small works of art, then taken to the site, where they were divided into small squares matching a larger grid. Painters reproduced the work a square at a time.