Iconic Signage And It’s Place In The Modern Day Sign Arena

Most of you, but not all of you, either aren’t old enough to have gone to a baseball game in the

30’s or a Johnny Cash concert in the late 50’s, or, you don’t live close enough to the home of one

of the largest music scenes in Nashville, TN, to

have seen or even know what a Hatch Show

Print is. But, Hatch Show Prints, a printing

icon in Nashville was founded in 1879 and has

been producing event posters that have captured

the imagination with their simplistic design and

old school look.

The technology used at this Nashville-based

printing house has never changed, only the

faces of the customers: from Elvis Presley to

Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash to Bruce Springsteen, Etta James to Kid Rock, the Carter Family to

Taylor Swift, and many others. While Hatch Show Prints’ name is synonymous with the music

business, its posters promoting football and baseball games, state fairs, stock car races, and

picture shows reflect the originality of American Pop Culture.

Like all other forms of art, the posters and signs of Hatch

Show Print are designed to make us stop, admire and enjoy

the originality put into each print. Most signs today are

meant to capture your imagination, entice your senses and

compel you to purchase something that is going to make you

a better person or happier. But Hatch Show Prints are

loaded with snappy graphics, punchy titles, humor and

irony. It’s ultimately what makes them irresistible. Hatch

Show Prints, is still a working letterpress and design shop,

creating posters today using the same letterpress methods as

yesterday.

Sign companies of today, utilizing modern technology are

able to duplicate the iconic look created by Hatch Show

Prints and bring an old-school flavor to modern day signage. Whether your future customers are

an ice cream stand, a concert hall or any event company utilizing promotional advertising,

Hatch-style printed signage is sure to capture the imagination of their existing customer-base and

more importantly attract new customers who will be drawn to its Pop Culture based appearance.

Contact us to find out how you can be a Signworld Owner and create amazing signage and

capture the imagination of your community and beyond!