Mary and I will be cataloging vintage roadsigns from across the US in competition with my dad and Mary’s cousin. We’re posting our findings on vintagesignchallenge.posterous.com. Follow the blog if you want to see what we find.

Here are the rules:

Signs must be photographed by Christmas Eve, 2011.

You must take the photograph yourself and upload it to this blog.

Once a sign is photographed and posted by someone, no one else can submit it as an entry.

You must get out of the car to take the picture.

It must be functioning as a sign. No signs in junkyards, etc.

Categories for consideration are:

Ducks. AKA — buildings that look like the thing that they sell.

Decorated Sheds. AKA — buildings decorated to attract attention.

Roadsigns — Great roadsigns.

Neon.

Roadside Attraction. — A catchall for non-signs that are still great anyway.

Best Photo. Rewarding artistic merit of the photograph itself.

So far, teams are:

Erik and Mary.

Dennis.

Becky.

This is going to be a great 2011 activity.