Most of this selection of Bob's work in Chicago is from the late forties and early fifties. The photos were black and white, and unfortunately cannot show Bob's effective use of color. He liked to use vibrant colors when appropriate, and also liked unusual color combinations. He used color to help guide the reader through the copy in the order he wanted them to read it.

Bob had sent these photos to his friend Chuck Hudepohl of Redondo Beach, California, years ago. Chuck and Bob had worked together in Chicago at Beverly Sign Company. In that post-World War Two era, Beverly Sign helped spawn a renaissance of sign design, moving signs from a means of identification to a form of advertising art. Bob was one of several sign designers who were on the cutting edge of this movement.

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