Lackner Signs Sign Sketches
Name/Title
Lackner Signs Sign SketchesEntry/Object ID
2013.0012.0001Description
Eight Airbrushed, hand-rendered 1960s era sign sketches.Context
These sign sketches were created by "Clement" Booth Yonka (deceased) while serving as a designer at the former Lackner Custom Signs -- Service Co., Cincinnati, OH. "Booth" as he was known was recruited by George Lackner in 1946 following World War II. He had been a foreman in a munitions factory in Macon, GA., during the war, moonlighting part-time as a neon tubebender. Yonka had originally begun working with glass, creating "barn animals" out of Pyrex on the carnival circuit.Collection
Permanent CollectionCategory
Airbrushed/Hand-rendered
Sign Artwork or Sketches