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Houlton, Maine
The Borderland Drive-In movie theatre opened in 1949 and closed in 1985. This old sign on Route/US 1 was left standing, though.
It's only a guess, but I think the name must have originated from the close proximity of the Canada/US border.
First thing in the morning, as we were leaving Sherbrooke, Quebec, we found this. It was on my list to shoot (I'd seen it on Instagram and knew I wanted to see it for myself) and was thankful I had a lovely morning with a blue sky.
We saw this and pulled a u-turn....couldn't miss shooting such a great old sign!
As I discovered, Puleo's has been a New England tradition for decades -- here is the info I found on their web site:
"In 1923 Charles Puleo affectionately known as “Charlie” began his career producing ice cream at the Essex Co-operative Creamery located at 80 Margin Street in downtown Salem, MA.
Starting in 1928, with a Model T Pickup truck, Charlie Puleo established his own business known then and now as Puleo’s Dairy. He began home delivery routes in the Salem, MA area from his processing plant located at 23 River Street. Growing steadily into the 1940’s the company moved into a state-of–the–art dairy and opened a seasonal roadside ice cream stand on our site at 376 Highland Avenue. An entire dairy renovation in 1989 culminated with a new dairy plant. We no longer sell our products out of the plant, however we continue to produce ice cream with Charlie’s same recipe from 1928 and provide home delivery in reusable glass bottles."
Salem, Massachusetts
PCH (Pacific Coast Highway), not too far north of San Diego
In some parts of California, the PCH is California 101 and in other parts, it's California 1. I shot this sign on the east side, not too long after we left San Diego, heading for Los Angeles.
Pitkin Avenue Bootery was in business for over 40 years before it closed in 2011.
STORE FRONT II Upcoming Events:
Nov. 11th Wednesday - East Village Radio with EV Grieve & Ada Calhoun 10AM
Nov. 15th Sunday - STORE FRONT II MAS Walking Tour of Greenwich Village 12:00 PM
Nov. 16th Monday - Strand Book Discussion and Slide show 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Nov. 17th Tuesday GVSHP Holiday Book Event 6:30 PM
Nov. 23rd Monday Rizzoli Bookstore moderated discussion with Karen Loew of GVSHP 5:30 PM
Dec. 2nd Powerhouse Arena Book Discussion and slide show 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Dec. 14th NYPL Book Discussion and slide show Mid Manhattan Branch 6:30 PM
#signgeeks
Lakeland, FL ... The holes for the neon are there, but the neon is long gone. The holes for the bulbs are there, but they're long gone too. The store was busy though!
UPDATE: We drove by here in 2020; it's still a liquor store and the sign still stands, but the name is no longer "XYZ" and the sign has been changed.
freeway lanes is still open for business on old highway 99 in selma, ca. shot with an iphone 5s, processed with various desktop apps.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Boston, MA
From their web site: "Cantina Italiana’s historic location in Boston has been creating authentic Italian dishes for the North End community since 1931."
I can't help but wonder if the side of this sign, where the wine bottle drips down into the wine glass, was once-upon-a-time animated neon.
The bulb lights all seemed to be working -- they were all randomly flashing, which is why some appear on and some appear off.
Georgetown, SC
Montreal, Quebec
Spotted this cool neon star sign in the Montreal suburb of Lachine -- it's a little hard to make out, but the neon at the top of the circle reads RESTAURANT and along the bottom, DEJEUNER.
mamiya 6MF + 50mm f/4. film: kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
mamiya 6MF 75mm f/3.5. cross-processed kodak E100VS. lab: A&I color, hollywood, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
built in 1959, this landmark neon sign bids travellers farewell at the southern end of "the strip" in las vegas. from here, its a long dark drive thru the desert and bat country to los angeles.
on the carnival midway at the 71st annual carrot festival in california's imperial valley. mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 400. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
vintage polaroid SX-70 camera electronically modified to shoot 600 series film. soon-to-be-available impossible project color generation 2.0 beta test film. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Saw this theater on a drive down to Kansas City earlier this year in March. Resolved to come back and shoot it at twilight/dusk/blue hour when it was lit up. I was glad to see that all the letters were lit and the sign appeared to be in fine order. One more summer goal completed.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160NC. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
holga 120S + expired kodak ektachrome EPR 64 cross-processed in C-41. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.