Swinging Sign Small 320×291 Medium 640×581 Large 1024×930 Download Tiff Original 2400×2179 | (1.1 MB) Description A swinging sign of the 18th century placed on buildings of business, especially taverns. Keywords 18th century, business, community, gryphon, hanging sign, restaurant, sign board, swinging sign, tavern sign, tin sign Galleries Advertising Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)