Capper __apper?
I will paypal $5 to anyone who can explain to me what this sign is supposed to say. A few weeks ago Rachael and I discovered this on a random building on Madison (or Monroe?) and as two designers we were absolutely stumped.
Capper Mapper? Capper Happer? Capper J Capper? Is that supposed to be an ampersand?
It appeared this strange sign had been erected onto an early 20th century building sometime in the 60s or 70s. There wasn't any other mention on the building of this Capper _apper name.
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Off the bat, first thought the sign reads "Capper & Capper"
The overall font is to thick to make the squiggly part, part of a letter M. Then again it seems odd that they would use two different C's when the rest of the words are the same...
Going to say its a really bad Ampersand.
Posted by: j_fantastic | July 31, 2007 12:18 PM
I think it's Capper & Capper. It was a Chicago luxury clothing store owned by Hickey-Freeman. I even found an image of that same logo on a piece of clothing:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873939,00.html
http://www.genesneed.com/tra-505a.JPG
Posted by: HelOnWheels | August 1, 2007 11:50 AM