Kentucky Fried Chicken Sign in Marietta, Georgia

by John Margolies

Bring home some of the world’s great commercial architecture with this stunning photograph of the iconic "Big Chicken" Kentucky Fried Chicken sign in Marietta, Georgia, taken by the acclaimed architectural photographer John Margolies in 1992. The big, steel-surfaced 56-foot tall mechanical chicken of the 1960s with its characteristic googly eye, beak and draped American flag is pictured against a beautiful blue sky and is one of the American South’s most famous roadside curiosities. From Margolies’ famous Roadside America collection in the Library of Congress, this striking photograph is an excellent example of the spirit of pop culture and commercial graphic design of the twentieth century.

A perfect art piece for collectors of roadside Americana, residents of Georgia, architectural history fans, and lovers of vintage mid-century pop art.