Billboard Painters Frame Color:Silver like this one at the

like this one at the 62nd street playground in Central Park taken by Times staff photographer Eddie Hausner

" This photo was published with a 2010 Times Travel article

was beginning his 20th year on the job and he "still enjoys the rides as much as any boy

were seen as a thing of the past

Billboard Painters Frame Color:Silver like this one at theBefore 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.