You see them everywhere you go—on buildings, in retail shops, on street corners—but do you know how banners came to be? Check out this infographic by FASTSIGNS, “History of Banners,” for a graphical look at how banners became the visual communications tools they are today. From crowd-guiding beacons circa 1300 BCE to horse-race accolades in 1656 to the digital banners that have become ubiquitous since the 1970s, this infographic spans the ages of banner usage.