Thursday, January 8, 2015

Misc. Salem #25: Campbell Communications Company

1865 12th Street SE

IMG_9008 Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Communications Company on September 8, 2007

The home of Campbell Signs/Campbell Communications Company is an eccentric building.

IMG_9011 Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Communications Company on September 8, 2007

I assume the eccentricity is at least partly intended to showcase possibilities for potential customers.

IMG_9012 Train Mural at Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Signs Train Mural on September 8, 2007

I personally really like the train mural, painted on what looks like an overhead door.

IMG_9009 Train Mural at Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Signs Train Mural on September 8, 2007

The overhead door is surrounded to look like the train is emerging from a tunnel.

IMG_9010 Train Mural at Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Signs Train Mural on September 8, 2007

The number plate of the locomotive is the address of the building.

IMG_9013 Tank Replica at Campbell Communications Company in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007
Campbell Signs Tank Replica on September 8, 2007

Campbell Signs/Campbell Communications Company also has a custom-built replica of a military tank. It is built on a 1974 Cadillac Coupe deVille chassis, retaining most of the Cadillac features, and was completed in April, 1998. It is 21 feet long and over 8 feet wide and is street legal to drive in Oregon.

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