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Photographed from an open topped double decker bus during an evening tour of central Las Vegas, Nevada in the USA.
This sign used to be on the Skyline Casino. The original Sky Motel sign was red and had a star on top.
Robert E. Lee motel circa 1990 before it fell into disuse. This sign was saved and moved nearby, see it by other Flickr members.
Swain Furniture's Philco neon sign. Evidently, the store was a Philco dealer. At the American Sign Museum
Kroger, Crossley, and Oxoline neon signs at the American Sign Museum. The plastic Colonel Sanders is from the 50's.
Neon Museum
Neon lights of diners and motels have been some of my favorite subjects to photograph over the years, perhaps second only to art museums. Thus, the Neon Museum was the perfect marriage of these disparate interests of mine and was naturally my top pick to visit in Las Vegas.
However, the weather forecast of successive days of blistering heat plus boring cloudless sky almost made me can the whole idea. Thanks to my intrepid old med school classmates, they dragged me along with them and made it all come true.
To add drama to my story, the Neon Museum reception desk greeted me with a warning sign saying that cameras other than those in mobile phones are not allowed on the premises. I was really pissed when I had to surrender my camera and my tripod. Maybe I wasn't as lucky as I believed I was.
My frustration spurred me to transform challenges into opportunities. So, it soon became a pivotal moment for me to test and hopefully prove that fundamental tenet in photography: The best camera is the one that's with you.
The Chinese word '家' means home. Pic taken at Park Mall.
*Note: More pics of Architectural, Interior and Exterior Designs in my Architectural, Interior and Exterior Designs Album.
The Pasta Man neon sign at La Trattoria, 522 Moosic Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Voted best Italian Restaurant in the Scranton Times readers choice award.
I haven't shot this for a couple years. It's still there, so why not? It's a Hammonton landmark. This sign has really decayed a lot since I first shot it in '06.
Marion's Motel
12404 N Highway 99
Lodi, California
Most photos I've seen of this great sign are taken from the south, so with the sun setting a bit more northerly already, I figured I'd come shoot from the other side.
Title
Signs at Night, Commonwealth Avenue, Texaco Service Station
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 68.22
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001604
DSpace_Handle