Vintage Tampa Signs and Scenes

Vintage Tampa Signs and Scenes
ISBN-10
0738568368
ISBN-13
9780738568362
Category
History
Pages
132
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
John V. Cinchett

Description

During the 1950s, the Cinchett Neon Sign Company came to be Tampa's best-known sign maker. When the city planned to build a zoo, the mayor asked Cinchett to design the new sign. Fried chicken king Colonel Sanders had the sign company create all the neon work for his first two Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Central Florida, and soon after, other reputable businesses came calling.

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