Re: Can you please help us identify this wall sign?

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From: Jeff <wisconsin262@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:25:57 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKwzDNk-3=Yije-aT5EmcPfkcyQbPjXDW+BXgedHCM76j434fw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Can you please help us identify this wall sign?

I modified the image in Photoshop a bit and I think you can see hints of the 6 to the right of the 7 proposed by Mary.

Jeff

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 3:09 PM <stieve@centurytel.net> wrote:

> Tim,
> I think it may be a Phillips 76 logo. It looks to me like a 7 on the left
> side and something with a few curves on the right. The 76 logo was orange
> and very rarely had the white circle around it. The center was always
> orange, but I wonder if the orange didn't fade to the muted green you see.
> Many faded signs look almost greenish brown.
>
> Mary Farrell -Stieve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Wyss <rtwyss@gmail.com>
> To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> Sent: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:13:11 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Can you please help us identify this wall sign?
>
> We have a brick building on our main business street in Clear Lake with a
> wall sign painted on it. The attached photo shows the image. It was
> painted on the building so long ago that no one in our community remembers
> what it was intended to mean. I am hoping that someone has an idea that
> will direct me toward the answer.
>
> In addition to the round white circle, it appears that the inner circle
> might have been painted a greenish color that has almost completely
> disappeared.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Tim Wyss
> Clear Lake Historical Museum
> Clear Lake, WI
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