This flickr user has cool stuff, so here we go:
Wooden Ampersand Signage
R & V
Office & Chapel
Nice and simple red on yellow ampersands. Outside a small store/deli on Nob Hill.
You always see ______ & sons, but hardly ever _______ & daughters. Nice to see it on this lovely sign.
Russ & Daughters, NYC sent in by Zachary.
Craig Conley writes:
Which came first: Ampersand Stream, or Lake, or Mountain? Here’s an intriguing explanation from The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1892:
Ampersand is a mountain. It is a lake. It is a stream. The mountain stands in the heart of the Adirondack country, just near enough to the thoroughfare of travel for thousands [...]