The sign with the neon cowboy and horse, and the bulb lighted lasso at the El Don Motel is an iconic fixture on long gone Route 66.

2927 Plank Rd.

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Star Theater (opera house), marquee and sign detail, Legion Street, Whitehall, Montana

2004.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--2000-2010.

Signs (Notices)--2000-2010.

United States--Montana--Whitehall.

Format: Slides--2000-2010.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

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Call Number: LC-MA05- 1181

Where Arby's big hat signs go to die. There were at least eight of them here, maybe more.

Downtown Los Angeles, CA - APril 2016

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Commercial building (1891), angle 2, Court Street, Beatrice, Nebraska

1982.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Old; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Commercial facilities--1980-1990.

United States--Nebraska--Beatrice.

Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

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Call Number: LC-MA05- 961

Rt. 40 outside Columbus, sadly it wasn't open.

Sits atop the former Dairy Isle.

Fremont Street Las Vegas Nevada

Edited on iPad and processed in Snapseed

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Harris Theater Marque[e]: "Wedding Bells"

[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30027

Call Number: LC-B2- 5123-6

Eddie's Paramount Diner, Rome, New York.

7310 Hull Street Rd.

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Ice cream sign, horizontal, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa

1980.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Ice cream signs.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Ice cream & ices--1980.

Signs (Notices)--1980.

United States--Iowa--Le Grand.

Format: Slides--1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01588

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1588

Kankakee, IL

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Varsity Theater, vertical, 1308 S. 4th Street, Dinkeytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1981.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--1980-1990.

United States--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01162

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1162

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Ice cream sign, vertical, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa

1980.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies category: Ice cream signs.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Ice cream & ices--1980.

Signs (Notices)--1980.

United States--Iowa--Le Grand.

Format: Slides--1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01589

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1589

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Lindholm Diner, Route 7, Rutland, Vermont

1976.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Diners; Eating & drinking establishments.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Diners (Restaurants)--1970-1980.

United States--Vermont--Rutland.

Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01256

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1256

Las Vegas Nevada

Edited on iPad and processed in Snapseed

© This photograph is copyrighted. Under no circumstances can it be reproduced, distributed, modified, copied, posted to websites or printed or published in media or other medium or used for commercial or other uses without the prior written consent and permission of the photographer.

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Palace Theater, Main Street, Luverne, Minnesota

1980.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--1980.

United States--Minnesota--Luverne.

Format: Slides--1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01165

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1165

Golden Arrow Car Wash, Albany, New York.

One of the last LA downtown dive bars left, It was opened by former prizefighter Hank Holzer in 1959 and didn't change much since then, earlier this year it was abruptly closed in Feb but has since reopened

www.yelp.com/biz/hanks-bar-los-angeles-2

Opened in 1920 as a vaudeville theater, later transitioning to movies. The Community Theatre has been mostly closed since 2020 and is awaiting restoration. Catskill, New York.

NEON RELIC ~ Roswell, New Mexico USA ~ Copyright © 2012 Bob Travaglione ~ www.FoToEdge.com

Great Southern Theatre

Austin Motel Sign

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Stan's Snow White Drive-In Restaurant sign, angle two, Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri

1988.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Eating and drinking establishment signs; Drive-in restaurants.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Drive-in restaurants--1980-1990.

Signs (Notices)--1980-1990.

United States--Missouri--Saint Joseph.

Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01537

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1537

A bit larger view this time around; looking east on Route 66.

Processed using two versions through Oloneo Photo Engine, one version processed for detail and the other processed for best handling of the neon lighting.

Layers combined in CS6 and blended using masks; finished off with the usual assortment of NIK tools.

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Fox Theater, Front Street, Missoula, Montana

1987.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--1980-1990.

United States--Montana--Missoula.

Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01025

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1025

Did Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) experience these lighting effects when he went back to the future?

My Endless Exposure Set: link

Did you see my HDR collection? link

Here you can find my Album: link

YOUR FAVOURITE PICTURES

Fremont Street, Las Vegas NV

Edited on iPad and processed in Snapseed

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Star Theater (opera house), Legion Street, Whitehall, Montana

2004.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--2000-2010.

United States--Montana--Whitehall.

Format: Slides--2000-2010.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01180

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1180

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Varsity Theater, detail, 1308 S. 4th Street, Dinkeytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1976.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--1970-1980.

United States--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01164

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1164

Bain News Service,, publisher.

"Nightie Night" marque[e]

[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30028

Call Number: LC-B2- 5123-8

© This photograph is copyrighted. Under no circumstances can it be reproduced, distributed, modified, copied, posted to websites or printed or published in media or other medium or used for commercial or other uses without the prior written consent and permission of the photographer.

© This photograph is copyrighted. Under no circumstances can it be reproduced, distributed, modified, copied, posted to websites or printed or published in media or other medium or used for commercial or other uses without the prior written consent and permission of the photographer.

Tonopah is not only home to the Clown Motel but also the former Mizpah Hotel. The five-story building was the tallest in the state of Nevada until 1929.

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Strand Theater, vertical detail, Louisiana & Crockett, Shreveport, Louisiana

1979.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street.

Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Motion picture theaters--1970-1980.

United States--Louisiana--Shreveport.

Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00461

Call Number: LC-MA05- 461

Margolies, John,, photographer.

Kelly's Pub, El Cajon Boulevard, El Cajon, California

2003.

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Margolies categories: Bars, lounges, ballrooms; Eating & drinking establishments.

Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Subjects:

Eating & drinking facilities--2000-2010.

United States--California--El Cajon.

Format: Slides--2000-2010.--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

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Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01327

Call Number: LC-MA05- 1327

Nice neon sign outside of Ron's Hamburgers in Skiatook, Oklahoma.

Sadly we had just eaten so no idea how the food is here...

Vintage 10 Gallon Hat Sign. I believe this is the only one remaining in the Greater Louisville area.

The Elms has been shut down since 2003. The sign looks pretty good but the poor house has significantly deteriorated.

2012: stlouispatina.com/the-elms-restaurant-el-paso-illinois/

16101 Crain Hwy/Route 301, just north of Waldorf, MD.

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