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abandoned truck stop on the arizona-california border.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Sherman Oaks, CA
I love this towering sign for the Valley Beverage Company .... that great bulb arrow, neon liquor bottle, the "fine" in neon script, and those fabulous corrugated metal triangles with the chunky neon letters. Sure, it's rusty and crusty -- that gives it character!
San Gabriel, CA
The first Norge Ball sign I've had the opportunity to photograph. I certainly hope for more!
To read more about these, check out this informative page at the excellent Roadside Architecture site:
www.roadarch.com/signs/norge.html?fbclid=IwAR3aI0TD-fkINB...
Franklinton, NC
When exploring and sign hunting, always go down the side streets, then turn around and go back the same way. You never know what you might suddenly see!
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4. + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Anaheim, CA
Back in April 2016 I shot several photographs of Anaheim's La Palma Chicken Pie Shop, which opened in 1956, not knowing at that time the fate of either the restaurant or the sign. About a week or so later, I posted one of those photos here on Flickr, along with the news I had just learned that the restaurant was closing. Thankfully, the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) in Glendale rescued the sign.
Here is a photograph I took of the sign on the side of the restaurant -- I now have three shots of this restaurant's signage posted here on Flickr (two shots of the neon and this shot). I hope you'll have a look in my "2016" album here on Flickr to see all three photos of this long-gone restaurant.
recently processed film. mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Very close to this rusty old clock sign, there is an old Coke sign for "Wren's Market"....so I'm making the assumption that the wording below the clock face is also advertising Wren's. It was not 9 in the morning.....the clock likely hasn't worked for years. (That Coke sign photo I mentioned is the next photo after this one in my photostream, btw.)
Spotted this beauty as we were driving through Louisville, GA (which is pronounced Lewis-ville, not Looey-ville, according to what I've learned).
We ended up staying for lunch in Louisville at the delightful Home Fresh Bistro. We were quite surprised to find ourselves in a Mennonite restaurant in the middle of Georgia! The food, by the way, was spectacular!
Los Angeles, CA
I checked google streetview and several years ago, this mural was not there. And then it appeared. And now google streetview shows that the wall is white again. I'm guessing they heard from Warner Brothers?
US 19
Beckley, WV
The King Tut Drive-In has been serving the local crowd since the 1940s. They have a stunning sign. I first encountered it about ten years ago on a bitter cold, snowy day. I did get some photos but was thankful this encounter was not cold and not snowy.
mamiya 6MF 75mm f/3.5 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Ocala, FL
This tall, dramatic sign is certainly eye-catching. Just the thing to attract hungry folks driving by; we had already eaten when we drove by, unfortunately.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Named after Henry Gaylord Wilshire, this Los Angeles classic (on Wilshire), built in the 1920s, was originally a hotel.
About a block off US 1 in Saco, Maine, The Lobster Claw looked like a classic New England seafood restaurant to me. It wasn't yet open for the season when we stopped in front of it. According to their web site, they've been in business for decades. If we're ever back this way again and they're open, we intend to check it out.
US/Route 301
King George, VA
It had all the look of being closed for quite some time, but I couldn't say for sure. Abandoned? Maybe. The sign was old and rusty, and it was the only signage -- so the name of this (former?) restaurant/drive-in is unknown. I'm actually wondering if the drive-in used to be at the back and has long since been removed. At the opposite end of the building shown there was another door, with a big "closed" sign on it. The whole thing was a mystery to me at the time, and still is. Nevertheless, I love the old rusty neon signage!
Lynn, MA
In 2018 the Boston suburb of Lynn started to light up its streets with a collection of vintage neon signs. The project was supposed to run for three years, so I hope the signs are all still up! This is one of them; I shot many and in going through old folders today, I realized I have not yet edited most of the signs I photographed. I have my work cut out for me LOL
Here's an article about the project:
On Route 66
Pasadena, CA
Twice in the past few years, we've made plans to have dinner at Cameron's (it is both a restaurant and fish market) while in LA and twice, our plans have changed. And now I read that earlier this year (January 2021), they have permanently closed their doors. And so now we never will.
Sad news. I wonder about the fate of their great signage.
The sign was there, but Mr T's wasn't. No cocktails for us.
Photographed on Route 66 in the Highland Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
Sherman Oaks, CA
Antonio's opened in 1957 and is one of the oldest restaurants in the San Fernando Valley.
In 2016, a group of us, all hardcore sign geeks, arranged a photography day -- sign hunting -- in the Valley on the day after the opening of our #signgeeks exhibition at the Museum of Neon Art. We were in front of Antonio's, so many people shooting this wonderful neon sign in the shape of Italy, when the owner came out to talk with us. She was lovely and so proud of the sign and we all decided to return at dinnertime for a big group dinner. The food was delicious -- so much so that when I was back in Los Angeles in 2018, I made sure to eat there again!
North Hollywood, CA
It's a small feature, but I get a kick out of the tiny tap/spigot on the barrel. It's a great little detail.
Montreal, Quebec
Many years ago I went on a bus tour with some girlfriends, very whirlwind. It included a night in Montreal and the next day, as we drove through the city heading towards Quebec City, I spied Simon's Camera out the bus window. Oh, how I wished we could have stopped! Unfortunately it took many years before I returned to Montreal and by that time, the store was closed. The signage was still up, thankfully, and I was happy to be able to shoot this wonderful old neon sign -- so small compared to the rest of the signage.
On US 25; Travelers Rest, SC
This was a "stop the car" moment when I spotted this great old plastic-fantastic sign lol
Mr. B's has been in business since the 1960s. I'm thinking this building looks like the architecture from another fast food restaurant, but it's escaping me at the moment.
On US Route 9 in Queensbury, New York
(the Lake George area)
UPDATED to add this newspaper article about the business: poststar.com/news/local/mr-b-s-best-keeps-serving-strong-...
abandoned truck stop on the arizona-california border. it's former claim to fame was it's selection of over 10,000 "trucker videos" for sale.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.