Billboard Painters Frame Color:Black The aluminum tray could be

The aluminum tray could be heated in the oven and consumers

countless members of Congress and heads of state

The iconic structure opened iin 1883 after 13 years of construction

switching on the lights of the Empire State Building

Billboard Painters Frame Color:Black The aluminum tray could beBefore billboards were produced on vinyl panels and unrolled at their intended sites, they were an art form created on the spot by sign painters. Posters like this one for the movie "Silver Streak" were created as small works of art, then taken to the site, where they were divided into small squares matching a larger grid. Painters reproduced the work a square at a time.