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Pet Ice Cream signs from the 30s?

p51

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I'm badly trying to find a good photo of a Pet Ice Cream (or milk) sign from the pre-war era. Pet was (and still is) a dairy outfit mostly out of the Southeast (but not as far South as the Gulf coast). They were a big thing in the area my parents grew up in, in Northeast Tennessee, as there was a milk plant in the next big town (Johnson City) from where they grew up.
Some of you might know I'm currently building a O scale model train layout representing a narrow-gauge railroad that ran in that area, taking place in 1943. I am currently detailing a rural gas station and to me, nothing would look more correct for the area than something from Pet.
I've searched Google and turned up nothing that is era-specific that isn't all rusted out. I need a good color photo, straight on and not taken from an angle, of something of theirs from before 1945.
 
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p51, I wish I could help with your Pet question - but I've lived in the Northeast my entire life. That said, I'd love to see - and I'd bet others would too - what you have built so far, if you feel like posting pictures. Your passion for authentic details tells me this is going to be one beautiful layout.
 
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p51, I remember getting Pet ice cream in school as a child so you got me to looking. The only image wth a date I could find was from an ended eBay auction. The back of the sign shows a date of 1927.
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p51

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I'd love to see - and I'd bet others would too - what you have built so far, if you feel like posting pictures. Your passion for authentic details tells me this is going to be one beautiful layout.
I haven't start scenery yet, but that's coming very soon. Click here to see more if you're interested.
I need to get some more up-close photos of the period details I've worked on so far...
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