Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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Category: Signs
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This was posted at a worksite in a conspicuous place. I couldn’t agree more with the sentiment. (Tempe, Arizona, 2005)
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This sign was on my way to work for a number of years. Yes, the planes flew low. It wasn’t the planes that worried me–there was also a skydiving school and I would watch the sky for students. (Racine County, Wisconsin, 2017)
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I confess that I didn’t take this shot. One of my former students sent this to me. I thought it was a joke and I had to look it up on the internet. They are still in business. Keep saying the name out loud (Buffalo, New York, 2006)
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It was perfect symmetry. I was on the road in southern Illinois and I stopped at a pancake joint for breakfast. I noticed the array of syrups and the brown container name caught my eye. I looked up to give my order to the waitress and her name was “Brandy.” I doesn’t scream Wisconsin any…
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I was traveling from a conference in upstate New York. I was taking the leisurely way across Canada and Michigan. I crossed Lake Michigan on the SS Badger. I stopped for gas and snacks in a town I worked in for 5 summers when I was young. It was a gas station then. Here it…
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Kathleen actually took this one when she was visiting her parents in Florida. I have an appreciation for the dangers involved.
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The sign actually guides hikers to protect the local ecosystem. It did strike me as odd given the wide open surroundings. It also seems like sometimes we need to step off the designated walkway in life. (Arizona, 1998)
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This does beat the “It has been ______________ days since our last accident. (Tempe, Arizona, 2005)
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