i'd like to buy a...

vowel, Pat.  I'd like an E, please.

wait, you know what?  I've changed my mind.  I'd like a T instead.

Note the addresses of these two yellow awning-ed businesses on 86th Street in Brooklyn.  It's a little hard to see on the photo shop but it is 1959. Unfortunately, the hair salon at 1961 had English teachers that taught them to proofread before spending thousands of dollars on signs.  That would have been amazing if three awnings in a row were highlighted today.