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Popped the colors here. I spied this one about a month ago, and found myself in the neighborhood again - so I went and got it.
Restored neon signs being delivered to the Golden 1 Center.
Credit: Chris Lango
Permission to use must be obtained from the Center for Sacramento History.
Big ol' (3.5' x 5') thick coated cardboard SNOBOY Sunkist Lemons sign from the 1950s. Screen printed with neon yellow (and other colors). Double sided with an advert for canned tomatoes (not nearly as fun of an image).
Philadelphia, PA; the sign was built as a scaffold sign in 1999 and installed in downtown Baltimore:
www.roadsidenut.com/utz204.jpg
Then moved here in 2010 and used as a billboard sign next to the interstate.
Old neon sign for the former Acme in Egg Harbor City, NJ. The supermarket which had been open since the 1950s, closed in 2002.
From the looks of the place, they don't need the neon "no" in front of 'vacancy". A little off the beaten track
425 W Mission, Escondido, CA.
This is a nice old-fashioned restaurant sign which is seen by motorists passing by on Interstate 40 on the east side of downtown Knoxville
A Larger view to see them better?
When you are asked, "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say 'Washington, DC'", what would you say?
Washington Monument?
The Capitol?
White House?
Memorials?
National Mall?
Smithsonial Institute?
Well I think I would say Traffic Chaos. There are so many diversions and roadblocks that even if you have lived your entire life there in the neighborhood you have a good chance of getting lost. I was lost, driving and I was in front of a road block barricade and an officer next to it. I asked him for directions and he kindly gave me the same. The directions involved crossing a one-way street. Unbeknowest to that officer, there was another one in my way, right in the middle of the road, parked car with lights on asking me to turn around. Thanks to the One way, I couldnt get back to the same place again to ask to be rerouted (I should have taken the $10.99 GPS offer). Bottom line? Lets say, I saw the entire DC driving around in a couple of hours, unintentionally :D
The signs above were all photographed on the same morning, while walking around the downtown and tourist areas of DC. On the background is Washington Monument.
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the neon is long gone and the business name has changed but the sign still stands at the Secondi Bros truck stop at I95 exit 40 in Milford CT
Love these new signs. Anyone who follows my photo stream or visits Brazos Bend knows they aren't kidding. I've seen Park visitors being very careless with their dogs and their kids. I've probably been careless with myself a few times while trying to get a picture :) I actually worry more about stepping or crawling onto a snake.
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas