American Sign Museum, Cincinnati,Ohio

[@davidfitwe]

OMG Abby in the first 10 seconds, I don't care what Adam say, you could just tell she was VERY EXCITED to be there. 🤩

[@The_DuMont_Network]

It's such a joy to see Abby, just overflowing with excitement, she is SUCH an absolute doll!

[@2dividedby3equals666]

Abby needs a shirt saying something like: "This is My Favorite Place in the World". I think a neon sign fits really well with Booth Machine Shop, this museum looks awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@sirlange]

I would suggest a Booth Machine Shop sign for your family legacy.

[@samthesignguy2842]

Fantastic video! I am an employee at the ASM and I loved seeing this video come across my inbox today! I looked through your channel a bit and it looks like you both have visited some fascinating and fun places. I would love to connect with you guys and ask you some questions about your experience at the American Sign Museum (if you have the time between travel stops!). Keep up the fun and interesting content, and safe travels!

[@fredneurohr]

As a member of the board of trustees for the American Sign Museum, thanks for this. It’s been my Happy Place since the day it opened. And come back again soon - we’re expanding!

[@AbomAdventures]

Thank you Fred! We really enjoyed the museum and the next time we come back up to Cincinnati we'll stop by for another visit.

[@ernestallen5154]

Great video. I've loved neon since I was a little kid. I wish they would use neon more. LED just isn't the same.

[@bigclivedotcom]

A lot of the sequencers for animating the borders and letters in the signs are still mechanical. They look hand-made with a lot of machined components. If making some signage for your home, I strongly recommend getting some of the 12V LED neon strip. Not real neon, nut very similar effect and easy and safe to work with. Great when laid into routed plastic or wood. (But real neon is nice too if you can actually get it.)

[@bangshang49]

I was unaware of this place in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thanks for sharing.

[@iamkilroiyo]

Wow, what a wonderful place. It's really kind of touching in recalling the past.

[@gregsneary3654]

That’s so awesome that you have such an appreciation for old signs. They are amazing art with beautiful colors and designs. I have collected many, many, signs for a number of years. I sold over 100 a couple of years ago to another collector but still have at least 50 and adding as I find others of particular interest. Thermometers are unique and they vary widely but don’t take up as much space for display. Size matter as you can run out of wall space very quickly. Signs are my favorite item to collect and my wife and I were pretty avid collectors but they rank at the top. Always good to see others with such appreciation. Keep making these videos and we’ll keep watching. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures.

[@AbomAdventures]

Sounds like you’ve had one awesome collection!

[@JohnBare747]

Yesterday it was a Hippo, today it's a Neon! Love Abby's excitement...

[@lucpet95]

I am a retired signwriter (In Australia) love it, thank you

[@33atomlinson]

Well crap, I Iive in the area and had no idea this place existed. Definitely will be checking this out. Thanks for posting, guys. Have fun in Cincy!

[@andrewwhitnet3557]

Wondered were you two were going to go next.Great,thanks.

[@rodneywroten2994]

So much history. Nice

[@ricko5123]

So cool to see this. Thanks!

[@dfnkt]

They had a small selection of handmade vintage signs like these on display at the USAF museum in Dayton, OH when I took my son there back in May. He didn't care much for them but I didn't know until then that that area was a big producer of such neon signage. Wish I had known about this place before we headed back home, thanks for sharing!

[@aquablue3803]

Beautiful ❤️

[@PhilG999]

Those old neon signs are almost a lost art now. Just like when my aunt passed away many years ago and we sold my grandparents' house (where she lived). There had been leaded glass windows on either side of the front door, until a paper deliverer put a Sunday newspaper through one of them. Granddad put flat glass in but kept all the leaded pieces (he was a Lockheed B29 machinist after all). When the property sold the new owner had all the leaded glass repaired (there's a sizable "craft/maker" population in the Atlanta area). I forget what it cost to have done with all the parts already made but reproducing one from scratch would be $$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[@ntobergta]

So cool to learn more about Cincinnati being that I’m from and live in Cincinnati!

[@The_DuMont_Network]

So glad to know of this place. Just looked up my route and it is on my list for this Summer.

[@tooljunkie1937]

Wow a fosters freeze sign there's one right around the corner from me actually several in my area

[@richb313]

Only been to that city a few times but never knew that was there so thanks for the info.

[@tonythemadbrit9479]

Really cool museum, and a great video!

[@daveeames2017]

Such a cool place and display of signage history! We got to visit there this year and can't wait to go back! By the way, tell Abby that we are working with the Lumi Neon Museum, here in Kansas City, to display lots of KC-area historic signs!

[@AbomAdventures]

Are they open for guests?

[@daveeames2017]

@@AbomAdventures Not yet, but they are hoping to have some on display in the Crossroads District soon.

[@masonjesse24]

I love the McDonalds Sign the most beautiful but all of them are beautiful

[@mazchen]

Very cool. Not everything was better in the past, but a few things certainly were and we should not let them disappear.....

[@nashguy207]

Thanks for sharing. I had not heard of this place before. Its been a long time but we have been to the zoo several times. We are going up that way next year and will check this out for sure! I remember the McDonalds sign in Huntsville, AL.

[@christinejones932]

My office had our Christmas party there last December

[@billrotundo7814]

soooo cool!!!!

[@belindabaxter2746]

One day you and Abby will have to comevto detroit and check out the henrey ford museum and greenfield village

[@schlepd911]

The Bear was actually for Big Bear Grocery stores...

[@samthesignguy2842]

Great catch! A lot of people mistake that one, but people from the area remember it fondly.

[@schlepd911]

@@samthesignguy2842 Parkersburg, WV. My granny lived in a trailer park behind the Big Bear. Good old days!

[@charlescompton4495]

About 120 miles down river from where I live. I live 1/2 mile off the Ohio River up river from Portsmouth, Ohio. Greg

[@artshaw6962]

You need to plan a trip to take Abby to the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, TX.

[@Eric-Indiana]

I'm very familiar with the giant hammer from Gross Hardware. It's from Columbus, Indiana....and so am I.😊

[@Rickatspeedoflight]

Can you post a video of the Great Sign now that it has been restored?

[@christinejones932]

Where did you stay when you were in Cincinnati?

[@cup_and_cone]

Wonder what the electric bill is like at that place. 😬

[@JakeAikens]

If there was a sign that needed to be made, above all others... it's a neon Abom79 sign. You can tell me I'm full of crap, but I don't check the comments. So yell all you want. I stand by my assessment.

[@tonynagy2042]

Was there a sign that say's long haired freaky people need not apply? 🤣.

[@billmielke7395]

I came to the comment section for the song jokes

[@PhilG999]

"So, I tucked my hair up under my cap and went up to ask him why". I can do this all day long! ;) Yeah, I'm old ...

[@russellstarr9111]

"Imagine that. Me working for you."

[@tonynagy2042]

@@PhilG999 LOL Phil...I couldn't resist... you gotta admit, its a good comment eh .

[@PhilG999]

@@tonynagy2042 More than good! ;)