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2. Hex sign - Wikipedia

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   The geometric patterns of quilts can be seen in the patterns of many hex signs. Hearts and tulips seen on barns are commonly found on elaborately lettered and decorated birth, baptism, and marriage certificates known as fraktur. [4] Throughout the 20th century, hex signs were often produced as commodities for the tourist industry in Pennsylvania.

3. Barnstar - Wikipedia

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   Some hex signs incorporate star shapes, while others may take the form of a rosette or contain pictures of birds and other animals. [ 7 ] The term barnstar has been applied to star-shaped anchor plates that are used for structural reinforcement, particularly on masonry buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.

4. Talk:Hex sign - Wikipedia

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   The birds, tulips, hearts, etc., found on contemporary hex signs were first painted when painters started painting on rounds of plywood rather than directly up on the barns. See: Yoder, Don, and Thomas E. Graves. Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning, Second Edition, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 1999. Graves, Thomas E.

5. Hex signs - Wikipedia

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6. Barn advertisement - Wikipedia

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   A barn advertisement is an outdoor advertisement painted onto the exterior of a roadside barn. Advertisers take advantage of the barns' prominence in rural landscapes, paying their owners for the right to paint and maintain logos and slogans on them. [1] Painters of barn advertisements and other murals are known as "wall dogs". [2]

7. Clark Byers - Wikipedia

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   Clark Byers (25 January 1915 – 17 February 2004) [1] was an American sign maker. He is famous for painting over 900 barns in 19 states with the slogan "See Rock City" from 1935 to 1969. He is famous for painting over 900 barns in 19 states with the slogan "See Rock City" from 1935 to 1969.