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Bilingual stop sign outside of the Walmart Supercenter on Terminal Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario. It is clear that this sign was manufactured as a French-language sign, and then was hastily modified to add English wording in order to be placed in Ontario, where English is the primary language.

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Santee Cooper plate on utility pole

Sign on restroom door at 5000 Sunnyside Avenue [01]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [03]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [04]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [02]

Shield for Cape May County Route 651

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [01]

Shield for Cape May County Route 629

End of Dorsey Avenue

Sign regarding phone calls at East Bay Deli

Pedestrian crossing sign in Windsor [01]

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

Pedestrian crossing sign in Windsor [02]

Panhandler on North Milwaukee Avenue

Sign for Davis Theater [01]

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

Sign for Davis Theater [02]

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Column signage at 5th Avenue-Bryant Park station

Scavenger service sign

Weathered poster on a utility pole

"DO NOT ENTER" sign on North Central Avenue [01]

Staples in a utility pole

"DO NOT ENTER" sign on North Central Avenue [02]

"DO NOT ENTER" and "ONE WAY" signs [02]

Entrance sign at 4th Avenue/9th Street station

Rat poster in an alley

"DO NOT ENTER" and "ONE WAY" signs [01]

"B.M.T. Subway" mosaic at 4th Avenue/9th Street station

"Coney Island" mosaic at 4th Avenue/9th Street station

Exit to 10th Street and 4th Avenue

Street signs at Church Street and Commercial Avenue

Sign at Stuarts Draft Volunteer Fire Department

Bus stop at West Church Avenue and South Gay Street

West Eleventh Avenue and South George Street

Stop work order at Mac Business Solutions

Sign for State Route 188 [01]

Rick Hohensee for president [02]

Street sign at Market Square and Forbes Avenue, west side

Traffic signal at intersection of Metcalfe Street and Laurier Avenue West [02]

One way sign in Altoona

Bicycle signal at intersection of Metcalfe Street and Laurier Avenue West

Fire alarm horn at Webster Towers

"If you have a kind thought, share it now."

"Pay to park, this side of street"

Sign for State Route 188 [03]

Neighborhood watch sign on Montrose Avenue SE

"All services are new. Repeats left to TV."

One way sign leaving a shopping center [02]

Sign for State Route 188 [02]

Misspelled sign at Wiehle-Reston East station [01]

Rejoicing Life Church [01]

One way and stop sign

Sign for State Route 188 [05]

Sign for State Route 188 [06]

One way sign leaving a shopping center [01]

Harvey's in Windsor, Ontario [02]

Intersection of Jefferson Park Avenue, Harris Road, and Camellia Drive

Sign indicating that traffic moves around the median

Sign for State Route 188 [04]

Rejoicing Life Church [02]

Harvey's in Windsor, Ontario [01]

Exit sign at 25 Penncraft Avenue [02]

Montgomery Executive Center

Filming of Courting Condi [03]

Misspelled sign at Wiehle-Reston East station [02]

Exit sign at 25 Penncraft Avenue [01]

Staunton Clock Tower [11]

National Zoo entrance sign

"Historic Gainsboro" sign

Filming of Courting Condi [01]

Filming of Courting Condi [02]

No parking sign in Carytown

Walmart Supercenter on Terminal Avenue [07]

One way and no parking signs along Chicago Avenue

"Under same management for over 2000 years"

Texas Tavern [05]

Column at 28th Street station [01]

"This church is prayer conditioned"

Filming of Courting Condi [04]

Pedestrian signal at 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE

Walmart Supercenter on Terminal Avenue [06]

Lidl in Montgomery Village, Maryland [01]

Filming of Courting Condi [05]

"Blind persons crossing ahead"

Texas Tavern [07]

Lidl in Montgomery Village, Maryland [04]

Texas Tavern [06]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [01]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [04]

Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg, Maryland [01]

"This church is prayer conditioned"

Texas Tavern [04]

Texas Tavern [03]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [07]

Column at 28th Street station [02]

Lidl in Montgomery Village, Maryland [02]

Walmart Supercenter on Terminal Avenue [08]

Lidl in Montgomery Village, Maryland [03]

Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg, Maryland [03]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [09]

Signage at Times Square-42nd Street station [01]

Lidl in Montgomery Village, Maryland [05]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [02]

Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg, Maryland [02]

Signage at Times Square-42nd Street station [02]

Walmart Supercenter on Terminal Avenue [09]

"Messiah is here!"

Signage at Times Square-42nd Street station [03]

"Stop and kiss"

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [08]

Texas Tavern [08]

"Free trip to heaven. Details inside."

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [05]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [10]

Sign requesting information about an incident

Vintage exit sign at Privacy World

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [03]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [06]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [03]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Minnesota Avenue station entrance pylon

East Bay Deli on Dorchester Road

"Try our Sundays. They are better than Good Humor."

Sign for Pat's King of Steaks [01]

Aisle marker at ShopRite in Philadelphia

"Please do not disconnect. Speaker is part of fire system. Thank you."

Dollar General on Rosser Avenue

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [02]

Train at Potomac Avenue station [02]

Alley speed limit sign

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [11]

Bilingual stop sign at Walmart

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Quality Optical [01]

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [01]

Trash memo at Hewitt Gardens Apartments

CTA bus stop sign at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Quality Optical [02]

"Please return to Provost's office"

Milepost 153 [01]

Train arriving at 5th Avenue-Bryant Park station

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Wall sign at 9th Street station

7th Street and Independence Avenue SW

Quality Optical [04]

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

Boston Market in Aspen Hill, Maryland

Ghost shoes [01]

Milepost 153 [02]

Vintage railroad crossbuck

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

This shelf has been counted for inventory

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [12]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

Sign for Pat's King of Steaks [02]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [02]

Metrobus stop flag for X2 route

Platform signage at 14th Street station [02]

Metrobus stop at Glenmont [01]

Ghost shoes [02]

Exit sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Geno's Steaks [02]

Metrobus stop at Glenmont [02]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [01]

Metrobus stop at Glenmont [03]

Sign for 4:20 Mega Smoke Shop

Strickly Enforced 24/7 [02]

"Does your spiritual house need spring cleaning?"

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

Cindy Sheehan outside of the White House

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

Quality Optical [03]

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Henderson Avenue and Glenn Street

Train at Potomac Avenue station [05]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

Wesley Lake Drive and Cookman Avenue [01]

Train at Potomac Avenue station [01]

Virginia freeway prohibition sign

2900 block of Atlantic Avenue

Sign for Dunes Court

American Dream, January 2024 [25]

Geno's Steaks [03]

American Dream, January 2024 [26]

Platform signage at 14th Street station [01]

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Railroad crossing signal at Route 608 [02]

Railroad crossing signal at Route 608 [03]

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [01]

Train at Potomac Avenue station [04]

American Dream, January 2024 [27]

Marlow Heights Shopping Center

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [02]

Chestnut Street and Hickory Avenue

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [04]

Neon sign at Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland [03]

Walmart Canada price sign

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [02]

Shell on Route 1 in Laurel, Maryland [Alternate]

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [03]

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [01]

Sign for Jonah and the Whale parking lot

Tandy Leather labelscar

Macy's at Water Tower Place [02]

Fisher Auto Parts store in Churchville, Virginia

Railroad crossing signal at Route 608 [01]

481 North Frederick Avenue

Former Tandy Leather store at Diamond Point Plaza

Ride On bus stop flag

Station name sign at Eisenhower Avenue

Geno's Steaks [01]

Sign for Park Place Hotel

Fallen Ride On bus stop sign

620 South Gay Street

Shell on Route 1 in Laurel, Maryland

Davidson Street and Henderson Avenue

US 29 shield on Rhode Island Avenue NW [01]

"Masks are currently optional in Pitt Buildings"

"Z-Burger now is a COVID free zone"

Sign for Glossbrenner United Methodist Church

The Shops at National Place

Traffic signal at intersection of Metcalfe Street and Laurier Avenue West [01]

McDonald's on New York Avenue NE [01]

US 29 shield on Rhode Island Avenue NW [02]

Buckingham Branch track in downtown Staunton [03]

Traffic signal at Locust Street and Clinch Avenue

Buckingham Branch track in downtown Staunton [04]

McDonald's on New York Avenue NE [02]

"You must push button to call for walk signal"

Intersection of Bedford Street and Henderson Avenue

Vintage New York Subway signage [02]

Closed Starbucks store at Target

Anti-War Anniversary March [21]

"HATE BOOK" sticker on pedestrian signal call button

Exxon gas station sign

Vintage New York Subway signage [01]

Anti-War Anniversary March [11]

Sign at Chelsea Baptist Church [02]

"Be Someone That Makes You Happy"

Sign at Chelsea Baptist Church [01]

Cooper Notification (Wheelock) plant [01]

"Keep praying, keep distance, God is near"

McDonald's at 13th Street and New York Avenue NW

"NO LEFT TURN" sign printed over "DO NOT ENTER" sign

Sign at Chelsea Baptist Church [03]

First Union Tower

Anonymous DC August raid [01]

Sign at Chelsea Baptist Church [05]

Intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Frederick Avenue [08]

"When we do small things, God can make it big"

Ristorante Antipasti

Intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Frederick Avenue [05]

Anti-War Anniversary March [02]

Sign at Chelsea Baptist Church [04]

Anti-War Anniversary March [09]

Anti-War Anniversary March [08]

Anti-War Anniversary March [18]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [06]

Sign for Phillips Crab House

Car on Hewitt Avenue

Anti-War Anniversary March [12]

Intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Frederick Avenue [04]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [02]

Intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Frederick Avenue [06]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [07]

PIDS screen at Dupont Circle

Code Pink protester outside White House

Red Line to Rhode Island Avenue

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [02]

Lakeforest sign at Frederick Avenue and Montgomery Village Avenue

End of exit ramp to Montgomery Village Avenue

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [04]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [03]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [11]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [10]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [08]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [09]

Green Line train to Branch Avenue

Metrobus 3705 at Connecticut Avenue and Q Street NW

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [05]

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [03]

Best 1 Food Mart

Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza [02]

Five Guys in Winchester, Virginia [01]

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [01]

Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza [01]

Five Guys in Winchester, Virginia [02]

Big Lots and Save A Lot [02]

Big Lots and Save A Lot [01]

Bodo's Bagels sign

Eddie's Soul Food [01]

"Easter should not be the only day you are here"

Eddie's Soul Food [02]

New York Pizza on Florida Avenue NE

Enterprise Rent-A-Car sign

Eddie's Soul Food [03]

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Hop N Shop [02]

Hop N Shop [01]

Abandoned Safeway store [04]

Wesley Lake Drive and Cookman Avenue [02]

Abandoned Safeway store [09]

New York Pizza on Pennsylvania Avenue SE

Pizza Hut on Georgia Avenue NW

Abandoned Safeway store [10]

Abandoned Safeway store [05]

Abandoned Safeway store [08]

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [01]

Sign advising not to let the elevator door slam

Abandoned Safeway store [12]

Former KFC sign on Georgia Avenue NW

Abandoned Safeway store [06]

Abandoned Safeway store [02]

Chuck E. Cheese's at Diamond Point Plaza

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Former Ames store at Diamond Point Plaza [12]

Handwritten sign on a speaker

Traffic signals in Derwood, Maryland [02]

Resist the Greenscare march [02]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [06]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [02]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [04]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [03]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [05]

Abandoned Safeway store [07]

Anti-War Anniversary March [13]

Abandoned Safeway store [03]

Abandoned Safeway store [11]

Metro 7000-Series railcar debut [03]

Abandoned Safeway store [01]

Sheetz in Waynesboro, Virginia

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Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: All Rights Reserved

Created on: Thursday 18 May 2023

Dimensions: 1800*2400

Albums: Photos by date / 2023
Photos by date / 2023 / Ottawa, May 17-20, 2023
Photos by location / Ontario / Ottawa
Photos by subject / Retail / Walmart

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