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Route/US 30 (Lincoln Highway)
Jennerstown, PA
Sadly, this sign is gone. The sign's frame stands but everything else has been stripped away. I discovered this in the fall of 2019, when last we drove along here. Tied on the frame was a canvas sign proclaiming "Future administrative home of the Mountain Playhouse".
I really liked the corrugated plastic sign and the small neon arrow. And yes, there was a small wishing well set back on the lawn. I wonder if that's still there.
on route 66 / interstate 40 in yucca, az. nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, photoshop CS6 + nik color efex pro.
Wildwood, NJ
Since 1926, Laura's Fudge has been keeping Wildwood visitors sweet....sweet, like this charming rooftop sign. If only all the neon was working.
Cincinnati, OH
Wonderful old skyscraper-shaped sign -- a little rusty and crusty around the edges and missing neon, but overall I think it's fabulous.
On US 1 in Waldoboro, Maine
Everything was wonderful -- the sign, the service, our dinner, even the cookbook I bought.
On Colorado Blvd (Route 66); Pasadena, CA
Being a fan of The Big Bang Theory, I was delighted to be able to walk to this train store -- Sheldon's favourite, maybe lol -- from our hotel during our stay in Pasadena in 2016. It's a fantastic sign and the neon train even lights up like it's moving! Definitely worth seeing in person for all neon lovers.
Route 66,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
This Route 66 classic is such a beautiful sign. And, notice the charring on the lamp spout? That's because it shoots out flames! I have not had the good fortune to see it at night....yet. I sure hope to, one day.
Once again (as always, it seems!) the wonderful Roadside Architecture web site has the history of this Southern California historic sign:
"The Magic Lamp Inn sign is believed to be the only one in the country featuring a real gas flame. Lucy and John's Italian restaurant was built in 1941. It closed in 1955 after a devastating fire. The building was then sold to John Clearman, famous later on for his North Woods Inn chain in Southern California. Three of these restaurants with faux snow-covered roofs are still operating. Clearman took the burnt shell of the Lucy and John's building, remodeled it, and opened it as the Magic Lamp Inn in 1957. The building was faced with brick and Spanish tile was added to the roof. The interior was styled as a Bavarian steakhouse with dark wood and upholstered booths. The Lucy and John's rooftop sign was adapted with the new name. The new sign in the shape of an Aladdin's lamp was installed. Instead of the steel oil lamp's spout springing forth a genie, it features an actual gas flame. The sign is inspected annually by the fire department for gas leaks and safety. The sign is turned on and off manually each night with two switches: one for the neon and the other for the flame."
Every year I check....always glad to see this old friend still standing. Will always be one of my favourite finds!
Savannah, GA
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Route/US 15
Bishopville, SC
The Sharecropper had a look of abandonment to me. From the information I was able to find online, the restaurant's owner, Charles "Chuck" Atkinson, who continued the restaurant after his mother, the original owner, died, passed away himself just a few months before I shot this photo.
Richmond, VA
This animated bulb-only scaffold sign on the roof of the C.F. Sauer Company's headquarters is one of the most magnificent signs I've come across. I was mesmerized by this huge beauty, watching the chef pour his vanilla into the mixing bowl and stir it in. Amazing!
The sign is almost 100 years old, dating back to 1925.
Belleville, ON
These old Kentucky Fried Chicken locations, with the Scott's Chicken Villa signage, are a disappearing sight here in Ontario.
Columbus, OH
What a great old sign -- there's an old clock, neon script, chunky neon letters, plus bulbs!
Still owned by the Lisska family, the bar opened up in the 1930s. Reading reviews online, it seems the food at this classic dive bar is pretty good. They have homemade desserts! Now I wish we'd ventured inside. Next time.
It's time-ravaged for sure, but still such a marvellous sign.
Gainesville, FL
UPDATE: Sadly, this motel and its amazing sign are gone.
The sign is encased in plexiglass, no doubt as protection. I was charmed by the neon butterfly.
North Providence, Rhode Island
Sherman Oaks, CA
Baxter Northup is the oldest continuously operating music store in California -- it was founded by Harry Baxter and Ray Northup about 115 years ago!
the abandoned wells fine cars dealership on old highway 99 in selma, ca. shot with an iphone 5s, processed with various desktop apps.
Montreal, Quebec
A local neighbourhood pub since 1960, Miss Villeray has a striking neon sign full of imagery. It shows its age in spots, but who doesn't? lol
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 one of the other photographs I took of this magnificent sign -- I now have three shots of this restaurant's signage posted here on Flickr (two shots of this fabulous neon sign and one shot of the signage on the side of the restaurant). I hope you'll have a look in my "2016" album here on Flickr to see all three photos of this long-gone restaurant.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
North Wildwood, NJ
The Vegas Diner has been serving locals and tourists alike since the late 1970s. We had dinner here one night and thoroughly enjoyed it -- both the food and the old-school diner atmosphere were great.
Columbus, OH
Carl Zipf Lock Shop used to have a very old, very beat up neon key-shaped sign. I wish I could have photographed it, but it was removed a year or so before we went on a sign-hunting expedition in Columbus -- this is the sign that replaced it. I appreciate that they didn't replace it with something boring but instead chose a modernized version of their old sign.
the landmark kentile floors sign in the brooklyn neighborhood of gowanus is no more. originally photographed in 2004, processed with various desktop apps 2014.
Everett, MA
In the Boston suburb of Everett, you'll find the wonderful Dairy Maid. If you have a peek in my Massachusetts album, you'll see a night shot. The morning I took this photo, the owner was very gracious and even though he wasn't yet open for business for the day -- and was busily doing food prep, dicing up fruit -- he graciously took the time to talk to us. He was very proud of both his business and the wonderful sign, and urged us to return to see it at night. We did and were very happy we followed his advice.
Columbus, OH
So who knows anything about Diet Cinch? I sure don't -- I've never seen it or heard of it.
Columbus, OH
Teresa's Pizza has a splendid Paramount Vodka ghost sign on the side of its building. I wonder if any of the vodka comes with the pizza? LOL
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Augusta, GA
Came across this wonderful old camera shop signage when wandering the downtown Augusta GA area. The camera shop is actually long gone -- this was a pawn shop. I'm thankful the pawn shop owners left the original signage alone instead of tearing it all down.
Pembroke, GA
Until we came across this ghost sign, I had never heard of Obelisk flour.
I discovered two things online. First, this, from The Society of Architectural Historians: "The Ballard and Ballard Company was established in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1880 by Samuel and Charles T. Ballard. Their chief product was Obelisk Flour, which they advertised through painted signs that are still visible on the sides of old buildings from Georgia to Maine. The company ceased production under its own name when Pillsbury acquired it in 1951."
And, if you're into banjo music, there is an instrumental by Lewis, Scruggs, & Long titled "Obelisk Flour". Give a listen here: music.youtube.com/watch?v=_I325CIp0L0&list=RDAMVM_I32...
Columbus, OH
From the Cinema Treasures web site:
"The Livingston Theatre was a neighborhood theatre that opened in 1946 on the east side of Columbus. The marquee still has “Livingston” in stainless steel letters across the front of the building.
From 1967 it was renamed Gayety-Livingstone Theatre, playing gay adult movies. By 1976 it became the Club Columbus Baths, a gay bathhouse, which later was renamed The Flex Club, still a gay bath house, which occupied the theatre until late-2011. In late-2012 proposals were made to renovate the theatre. In early-2019 the auditorium was demolished and senior housing will be built on the site. The façade has been saved."