Signs, big and small, can tell you something important about the culture of a place. Keep your eye out for them during you travels so you can capture them with your camera.
This mural painted on the side of a store in Petersburg, Alaska, denotes the important of commercial fishing to this small community founded a century ago by a Norwegian immigrant who established a cannery here, and today often referred to as “Little Norway.”
The Trabant—perhaps better known by its nickname, “Trabi”—was manufactured in East Germany during the “Cold War” period, and for a about a year after the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the destruction of the famous Berlin Wall earlier that year.
Today you can drive this “classic” (if not classy) car 
through the streets of Dresden (where this photo was shot) or Berlin on a “Trabi Safari.” The Zebra stripes presumably were not painted on this Trabi at the factory in East Germany.
Sometimes you’ll find a “sign of culture” on packaging. This “Dutch Cannabis Seed Starter Kit” on sale in an Amsterdam canal-side flower market loudly proclaims Netherlanders fondness for “home grown weed,” not just their country’s famous tulips.
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February 21, 2013 at 7:11 AM
Probably won’t be long before you’ll be seeing those seeds on sale in Washington State as well Dick!
Our slogan The Evergreen State will take on new connotations. . .a good post and reminder that we can learn from the most obvious of things.
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February 21, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Trabant Tours? That’s a riot!
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February 21, 2013 at 12:06 PM
So true Dick! I ran into the Gorton Fisherman while in Rostock Germany last year. It was similar to your first photo and I thought it was a great way to enhance an other wise ugly building.
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February 21, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Trabi safari is so cool…
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February 21, 2013 at 3:19 PM
I like your selections, Dick. These really do give you a peek into the culture of each place.
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February 21, 2013 at 3:42 PM
So, are you going to share the best angle for “weed” photos soon
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February 21, 2013 at 4:52 PM
Signs are informative, hilarious (intentionally or not) and sometimes beautiful art works. I love photographing them as well.
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February 25, 2013 at 8:25 AM
Very cool captures! Love that zebra print.