Vintage Meadow Gold Sign
by Janette Boyd
Title
Vintage Meadow Gold Sign
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo/texture
Description
Photo of the vintage Meadow Gold sign on Quaker St and 11th Street, on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Original cloud images were merged into the original image using Corel Paint Photoshop, then blended with brushes and lines. Then, I used a white texture to "fade out" the surrounding area so the sign would be more visible.
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
*Beauty
*Clouds Always the Same But
Never the Same
*The World We See
*3 a Day AAA Images
*Out of the Ordinary
*Art is Good for You
*Old & Used
*Show Off
*Images That Excite
Route 66
US Route 66 is the historic highway that ran from Chicago through Tulsa and on west to terminate in Los Angeles, California. It is known as "The Mother Road". During the Great Depression nearly 15% of the population of Oklahoma migrated west to Arizona and California on Route 66 looking for employment.
Route 66 went through Tulsa on 11th Street just south of the downtown area, and there is a lot of history there. In 1934 Beatrice Foods put up a large neon sign advertising Meadow Gold milk. It was a landmark at 11th and Lewis for decades. Over the years Meadow Gold went out of business and the sign fell into disrepair and went dark some time in the 1970s. In 2004 the owner of the building on which the sign was installed wanted to tear down the building and the Meadow Gold sign was endangered. The Tulsa Foundation for Architecture led a campaign to save the old sign and it was carefully dismantled. The sign reappeared on the corner of 11th and Quaker on top of a brick pavilion on a parcel of land donated by the city of Tulsa. A landmark restored.
Meadow Gold History
On November 12, 1901, the U.S. Patent Office granted the Continental Creamery Company of Topeka a trademark for the name 'Meadow Gold". It had been selected by Continental employees through a contest in search for a name to describe the golden quality of their fresh creamery butter. In 1905, Continental and Meadow Gold brand of dairy products joined the Beatrice Creamery family.
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September 1st, 2014
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Comments (6)
Beverly Guilliams
Unique and Beautiful Artwork, Janette............You have a very Artistic Eye.......v./f.
Janette Boyd replied:
You are always so complimentary on my artwork! Thank you so much for the comment and v/f!