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Typographical mysteries of Yeadon

Here are some pictures I took of the firehouse in Yeadon, PA.

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Every time I drive past this, I wonder: is that the original letter “O”? Or was there originally a narrow “O” that was lost or damaged, and which couldn't be replaced with a matching letter?

Here's the Google Street View version, from November 2016. The letters are painted green, but the “O” is still the circular one.

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Google now has a picture from 2012. The ‘O’ is still wrong-sorted.

If you enjoyed this article, you'll wet your pants when you read H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery which tracks down the 120-year history of an upside-down ‘H’ over the entrance of the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.

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