Art & Inspiration Old Signs

First 3 are in Elko, Nevada, on the way back from Bonneville last Monday.
Aircraft tail logo is at Wendover Airport museum, Utah. http://www.wendoverairbase.com/home

 

May not classify as old, but it represents yesteryear.

 

Pocono Drag Lodge start/finish lines. Probably painted in 1963 or 1972 at the latest.

 

The tiki sign was outside of Colusa up in northern California. I need to check the notes for the exact town - sorry about that.

Was your friend the one with the huge spray-foam tiki head/bar? If so it was incredible. Love how at night the smoke poured out of the lit eyes!

 

Old neon sign outside of the Shirleen Trailer Park. Along old Highway 99 in Medford, Oregon.

 

I love neon and Vegas is the capitol of classic neon.
Especially since cities all across the U.S. are tearing it down on a daily bases...

 

Great stuff Nitro, is it in your garage?

 

Doo Dah in the fifties was something else when it came to signs. I remember laughing passing the Killion gas stations, not only the name but the fresh gas thing just cracked me up! In the Big Bun pic you can't see the drive up area, the car hops on roller skates, or the curb to curb cool cars in the parking lot trust me they were there.

Carrie

 

Yosemite U Save - Modesto, California. Interesting attempt at replacing the neon tubing with rope light.

 

Check out the box of Tater Tots & Quisp, my all-time favorite cereal! What a flashback!

 

That's in Newburyport, Mass

 

Go Kart rules sign at a defunct amusement park.

 

In downtown LA in the '50s, loved to eat there as a kid. alway seemed so special back then. I think it is still open, but wouldn't be the same now...