Is this the time for Hood River Pippins? It is! Perhaps it's always time for Pippins. Or perhaps you're glaring at the image for ruining the view. Or you're celebrating the laws that reduced roadside clutter; it's rare we see an old broken billboard with faded, ripped illustrations.

Or you wonder: what were the colors? If that's you, this site will make you happy. It's from a 1922 paper-industry trade magazine, showing the type of illos they could do. We don't have a lot of early 20s color views of billboards, so this - at least for me - was somthing of a revelation. Let's begin.