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Signs By Text On Sign
Signs catagorized by what they say.
"Hug Me" Signs Alone Amnesia Battery Bell Sign Beware Of Dog Bump Burrito Signs Cannabis Signs Caviar Closed Signs Coconut Coffee Signs Customer Parking Signs Entrance Signs Exit Sign Help Signs Love Make Love Not War Signs No Littering Signs No Lodging Signs No Parking Signs No Smoking Signs Open Signs Oregon Youth Authority Please Signs Road Closed Signs Saloon Signs Shut Door Signs Sidewalk Closed Signs Smile Stump Tackle Signs Tattoo Signs Tool Warning Sign Welcome Sign Will Return Signs Woods Zen Signs
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Alone, A Sign By Title, As Found Art

Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It may stem from bad relationships, loss of loved ones, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders or circumstances of employment or situation (see castaway). Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think or rest without being disturbed. It may be desired for the sake of privacy. A distinction has been made between solitude and loneliness. In this sense, these two words refer, respectively, to the joy and the pain of being alone.[from wikipedia]

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Amnesia, A Sign As Found Art

Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease, but it can also be caused temporarily by the use of various sedatives and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that was caused.[from wikipedia]

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Battery, Signs As Found Art

Signs that tell a person about charging or discharging batteries.

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Bell Sign, As Found Art, San Francisco, California

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator.[from wikipedia]

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Beware Of Dog, Signs As Found Art

Signs that tell a person that a dog may be dangerous.

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Bump, A Sign By Title, As Found Art

Speed bumps (or traffic thresholds or speed breakers) are the common name for a family of traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions. Variations include the speed hump, speed cushion, and speed table.[from wikipedia]

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Burrito Signs, By Text On Signs

Burritos are filled with a savory filling, most often a meat such as chicken, beef, or pork, and often include a large array of other ingredients such as rice, cooked beans (either whole or refried), vegetables such as lettuce and tomatoes, cheese, and condiments such as salsa, pico de gallo, guacamole or crema.[from wikipedia]

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Cannabis Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Signs that advertise the retail sale of cannabis to the public.The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is often used to refer only to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use.[from wikipedia]

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Caviar, A Sign By Title, As Found Art

Caviar (less often, caviare) is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae. Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or a spread. The roe can be "fresh" (non-pasteurized) or pasteurized, with pasteurization reducing its culinary and economic value.[from wikipedia]

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Closed Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A set is closed under an operation if performance of that operation on members of the set always produces a member of that set. For example, the positive integers are closed under addition, but not under subtraction: 1-2 is not a positive integer even though both 1 and 2 are positive integers.[from wikipedia]

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Coconut, Signs As Found Art

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word.[from wikipedia]

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Coffee Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffee species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red in color - indicating ripeness - they are picked, processed, and dried.[from wikipedia]

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Customer Parking Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A parking sign allows automobiles to park. By adding the word "Customer" thatparking is restricted to customers only.

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Entrance Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

The action of entering, or going in. Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.[from wiktionary]

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Exit Sign, By Text On Signs

An exit sign is a device in a public facility (such as a building, aircraft, or boat) denoting the location of the closest emergency exit in case of fire or other emergency. Most relevant codes (fire, building, health, or safety) require exit signs to be permanently lit.[from wikipedia]

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Help Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack to their film of the same name. It was released on 6 August 1965. Seven of the fourteen songs, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album.[from wikipedia]

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"Hug Me" Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A hug is a form of endearment, universal in most human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, or waist of one another and hold each other closely.[from wikipedia]

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Love, A Sign As Found Art

Scientific research on emotion has increased significantly over the past two decades. The color wheel theory of love defines three primary, three secondary and nine tertiary love styles, describing them in terms of the traditional color wheel. The triangular theory of love suggests "intimacy, passion and commitment" are core components of love. Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning. This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.[from wikipedia]

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Make Love Not War Signs, Text On Signs

Make love, not war is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s. It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the world.[from wikipedia]

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No Littering Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

It is a human impact on the environment and remains a serious environmental issue in many countries. Litter can exist in the environment for long periods of time before degrading and be transported over large distances into the world's oceans. Litter can affect the quality of life.[from wikipedia]

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No Lodging Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Lodging refers to the use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space or sometimes through some other arrangement.[from wikipedia]

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No Parking Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Signs that prohibit parking, or prohibit blocking a garage, or prohibit parking on a sidewalk.

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No Smoking Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Smoking bans, or smoke-free laws, are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in certain areas, usually in enclosed workplaces and other public spaces. Such policies are usually enacted to protect people from the negative health effects of passive smoking or second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure.[from wikipedia]

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Open Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Engage Customers and Get More People in the Door with a Bright LED Open Sign Whether you own a local salon, small restaurant, hometown bar, or even a seasonal tax office you want people to know that you're open and ready to provide them service.[from amazon]

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Oregon Youth Authority, Window Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

As part of Oregon's juvenile justice system, we hold youth accountable and provide them with opportunities for reformation, either on parole or probation in the community, or inside secure facilities. [from oregon youth authority]

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Please Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Please is a word used in the English language to indicate politeness and respect while making a request.[from wikipedia]

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Will Return Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Use our double sided sign to tell your customers when you're open, and when you'll be coming back.[from amazon]https://www.amazon.com/Double-Sided-Return-Adjustable-Suction/dp/B07MMSQF5S/

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Road Closed Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Signs that disallow motor vehicals access.

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Saloon Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A bar (also known as a saloon or a tavern or sometimes a pub or club, referring to the actual establishment, as in pub bar or savage club etc.) is a retail business establishment that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks and often sell snack foods such as potato chips (also known as crisps) or peanuts, for consumption on premises.[from wikipedia]

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Shut Door Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Shut-door theology was a belief held by the Millerite group from 1844 to approximately 1854, some of whom later formed into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It held that as William Miller had given the final call for salvation, all who did not accept his message were lost.[from wikipedia]

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Sidewalk Closed Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A sidewalk may accommodate moderate changes in grade (height) and is normally separated from the vehicular section by a curb (spelled "kerb" outside North America). There may also be a median strip or road verge (a strip of vegetation, grass or bushes or trees or a combination of these) either between the sidewalk and the roadway or between the sidewalk and the boundary.[from wikipedia]

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Smile, A Sign By Title, As Found Art

A smile is formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.[from wikipedia]

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Stump, As A Sign By Title, As Found Art

After a tree has been cut and felled, the stump or tree stump is usually a small remaining portion of the trunk with the roots still in the ground. Stumps may show the age-defining rings of a tree. The study of these rings is known as dendrochronology.[from wikipedia]

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Tackle Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

Fishing tackle is the equipment used by anglers when fishing. Almost any equipment or gear used for fishing can be called fishing tackle. Some examples are hooks, lines, sinkers, floats, rods, reels, baits, lures, spears, nets, gaffs, traps, waders and tackle boxes.[from wikipedia]

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Tattoo Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.[from wikipedia]

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Tool, Signs As Found Art

Signs that govern the use of tools.

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Warning Sign, By Text On Signs, As Found Art, Jack London Square, Oakland, California

A warning sign is a type of sign which indicates a potential hazard, obstacle, or condition requiring special attention.[from wikipedia]

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Welcome Sign, As Found Art, UpForDayz Coffee, Tea & Juice, 1198 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California

A welcome is a kind of greeting designed to introduce a person to a new place or situation, and to make them feel at ease. The term can similarly be used to describe the feeling of being accepted on the part of the new person.[from wikipedia]

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Woods, A Sign By Title, As Found Art

A woodland, in the broad sense, is land covered with trees or, in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession. Higher density areas of trees with a largely closed canopy that provides extensive and nearly continuous shade are often referred to as forests.[from wikipedia]

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Zen Signs, By Text On Signs, As Found Art

According to Charles Luk, in the earliest traditions of Chán, there was no fixed method or formula for teaching meditation, and all instructions were simply heuristic methods, to point to the true nature of the mind, also known as Buddha-nature.[from wikipedia]


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