BY JAY K. JOHNSON - Journalized rants and ramblings from a fragmented ventriloqual mind. ©Copyright and common sense apply to all the material contained in this blog.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
More Pictures
If you look at the smaller picture of 4th street, you will see a gray spot on the mountain above the buildings in Skagway, Alaska. Below is a close up enlargement of that spot.
They are very big on painting the rocks for advertising in Skagway as evidence from the ship logos I photographed for a previous blog.
This one has been around for a very long time. It is a land mark for Skagway. Now it advertises a novelty shop and Moes Bar. I am told that the original advertisement goes back a century to the Gold Rush days. The clock was there to advertise a jewelry store. The odd time on the clock was then the International jewelers clock time. It is the position they set the hands of a watch when it is displayed. The hands don't obscure the makers name nor the top of the face. Years later the International jewelers clock time was changed to 10:10. It shows off the watch in the same way but it is a smiley face instead of the frown of 8:20.
Some one once said that if they were ever on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" they would have me for their life line. I was complimented until I thought of it for a while. To hold that position you have to know a little about a lot of BS. I guess I am that guy.
As you were,
Jay
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