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Belvidere, IL; there's another location in Loves Park with two big signs on the building and a pole sign like this one. The pole sign has this same design but without the neon addition. I assume that it, too, had this popping cork originally:
U.S. Route 95 is a north-south United States highway.
As of 2008, the highway's northern terminus is in Boundary County, Idaho, at the Canadian border crossing of Eastport, where it continues north as British Columbia Highway 95. Its southern terminus is in San Luis, Arizona, on the Mexican border, where a short spur leads to Mexican Federal Highway 2 at San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
US 95 in California is a short segment of poorly maintained two-laned road that connects the southern tip of Nevada with southwestern Arizona. In the summer, the desert temperatures often reach 45 C (115 F) degrees. South of Interstate 40, it is 90 miles (145 km) from Needles (with no filling stations or towns with services) until Interstate 10 and Blythe.
US 95 in Nevada is a divided highway between the Laughlin Junction and Boulder City. Upon entering the Las Vegas area, the highway becomes a freeway and is concurrent with I-515 and US 93 between Henderson and Downtown Las Vegas. After crossing I-15, the highway continues as a freeway for several miles until again becoming a divided highway outside the Las Vegas urban area. Shortly after entering Nye County, US 95 becomes a two lane highway as it meanders northward throughout the state.
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I saw this driving home from work the other day. It had me laughing out loud. LOLing, as it were.
Ahhh. I love irony.
Like it? It's yours for the right price. If no one saves it, it'll be landfill when the building is purchased and bulldozed. I'd take it in a heartbeat, but it's far too large for my property. I didn't measure it, but I'd guess it's about 8 or 10 feet across, and somewhere between 15 and 20 feet high. A lot of the neon tubing is intact, but as far as I know, it's not working. I'm someone could restore it, if interested.
It'd be a shame to see it crushed and discarded.
UPDATE: As of Nov 25th, the sign has been removed, and is on it's way to it's new owner in North Dakota. (A sign collector) I'm proud that I could help save this sign.
~ Neal Street, Covent Garden, London
Interesting because there is a play on 1947, the year the Indian sub-continent was torn apart during the Partition, and the Punjab was divided between India and Pakistan.
Although I may not have more than the one photograph of the Volvo 262C I showed you in my previous post, I do have a couple of souvenirs. The first is the spare number plate I had to fit on either my trailer or the caravan, indeed I have a number of plates from over the decades which served the same purpose. Here you see the plate for the Volvo, FTX 704 V, laid on top of some of the other plates I have kept.
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I also have a Matchbox Toys version of the 262C somewhere in amongst all my stuff, but it's not with the rest of my Matchbox and Dinky/Corgi toys so unfortunately can't show you that today.
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I wonder if these early plastic PVC silk screened road signs ever took off at this date - I somehow doubt it as I can only recall cast ones, and later 'reflective' plate versions. The illustration shows the old "pre-Worboys" style of UK signs with a selection of roads and destinations in North East Scotland.
The beautiful old porcelain and neon sign was replaced earlier this summer. The replacement tries to incorporate some elements of the old sign (particularly the stars), but it's just so "blah" compared to the old one.
Clock Cigar Store, Mackay, Idaho. The old Clock Cigar Store on the east side of of Mackay's Main Street is one of Mackay's oldest landmarks. The building was built in 1901 and first housed the Mackay Miner Telegraph newspaper until 1905, and then the Mackay Miner newspaper until 1917. After the Mackay Miner newspaper moved to their second location across Main Street and one block up toward the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Railroad station, the original building was used by a jewelry store owner, Mr. Emanuel Frank who installed the large clock outside the building to bring attention to his business and provide the city with a timepiece. This was at a time when not everyone owned a pocket or wrist watch and the large clock outside the building helped the Mackay citizens track time. Mr. Frank was pretty sure it was the only clock like it in the state of Idaho and was similar to a clock located on Broadway in New York City. The clock was 14 feet tall, the lighted dial measured 30 inches in diameter and was adorned with 3 street lamp-type lights. Due to the lighting, the clock was quite eye-catching at night. The Mackay Light and Power Company supplied power for the clock and its lights. The clock was unique in that it had no clocking workings inside the lighted dial. The hands were driven and controlled via wires from a master clock works inside the store.
Mr. Emanuel Frank passed away suddenly in September 1920, soon after revealing plans to remodel and expand the building. Ownership of the building and the clock throughout the next years is sketchy. The city of Idaho Falls attempted to buy the clock from the Frank Estate, but bowing to local public pressure, the Mackay city fathers interceded, purchased the timepiece, and vowed to keep it a part of Mackay's Main Street decor. The former jewelry store was converted to a cigar shop and the signage added by Charles and Hattie Donnelly. With prohibition in place, the shop sported pool and billiard tables along with a good game of poker. With the repeal of prohibition in 1933, the Clock Cigar Shop was one of the first Mackay establishments to offer draft and bottled beer along with a few slot machines.
Charles Donnelly's died suddenly at the age of 51 on July 10, 1940. The Clock Cigar Store became the property of Scott Vaught who brought in Elmer Peterson to manage the business. Scott Vaught's sister, Marie Vaught Peterson was married to Elmer Peterson. The shop continued to have card playing and drinks, along with an outlet for fishing tackle which included hand-made fishing flies by Elmer Peterson. Elmer Peterson died in 1972.
The clock outside remained a fixture on Mackay's Main Street through the early 1940's and was gone by 1951. However, the exact date of the removal of the clock is unknown. In the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mackay for September 1, 1942, Mrs. Ralph Larter appeared before the Board and brought up the matter of the Village Board paying for the repair of her car which was damaged by the clock in the front of the Clock Cigar Store when it fell over on her car, causing $18.75 in damages. The location of the clock after its removal from Mackay Main Street is unknown.
A later owner of the building was Bart Kent. In the 1980's Rex Lundberg and Rowsel Ellis rented the space for a carpentry shop. The building is currently owned by a man from Las Vegas, Nevada (2013).