lettering

As a teenager in Texas, he spent his free time spray-painting freight trains and practicing the lettering of his moniker, Marka27.

He cast the original Tom Cruise photo on to canvas, created a stencil and then filled in the charcoal and some red paint for the lettering.

In the all-caps lettering of the department’s aging computer dispatch system, the message informed deputies that the hazmat team suggested wearing N95 masks while working in the area.

For the Doors album cover, Manzarek suggested shooting at the Morrison Hotel, and when he, Morrison, Diltz and Burden arrived on Hope Street, they noticed the iconic window with its bold lettering.

The sign, which features a rose over the green “Rose Bowl” lettering, was created in the 1950s and was patched up and tired looking after nearly 75 years.