Friday, September 22, 2006

What Makes an Icon?

Dolle's on an October EveningDolles is a candy shop on the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. I've photographed those red letters up there a few times. This one is one of my favorites.

Scanning through photos from "my contacts" on flickr this afternoon, I noticed that salnunzio has also posted a nice shot of the Dolles sign.

It turns out that we're not the only ones.

It got me thinking about those images -- signs, views, vistas -- that have become icons. The Dolles sign is an icon for the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, I guess.

It's hard to think of the boardwalk without it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

nothing screams SUMMER to this native Delaware girl quite like the aroma of fresh Dolle's popcorn mixing with the scent of Coppertone wafting along that shoreline ...

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