Art & Inspiration Old Signs

One of Omaha's oldest steak houses, still servin em up. Enjoy!~sololobo~

 

This beautiful one on Rt. 9 in Howell, NJ, reminds me of some of the groovy motel signs you see in Wildwood, NJ... Ya gotta love it...


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Kinda hot rod related sign, I couldn't find it when the tread started and just
came across the file now.

 

Tonight in Portland, Oregon at the Hot Cake House. Great food here if you're ever in town.

 

One more from last night.

The Aladdin Theater - Portland, Oregon.

 

Not sure if this thread is still alive and kicking but just in case here's a couple from last night.

The Hung Far Low in Portland's Chinatown. Opened in 1928. Sign restored in 2010.

 

And one of my favorite signs here in Portland - the Portland Outdoor Store.

 

Vintage Roadside, those are some really sharp signs. Thanks for shooting and posting!

 

This place will go forever. I had many a greasy meal there while I was driving my &) Chev Taxi in the 70's!

 

Uh, 70 Chev taxi. A station wagon no less!

 

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the photos.

The Hot Cake House is great! Good food and your hair and clothes still smell like hash browns a week later.

 

I miss some of the old places though. Like The Carriage Room!
Is the Produce cafe still there? I remember Portland when the "Pearl District" was called skid row.

 

The Produce Row Cafe is still here rolling along. It was a shame when the Carriage Room went down with the Broadway Theater. Mary's Club is still there though.

 

Not really a sign but still kool... on a building overlooking the delaware river in NJ...

 

Mary's club will be there until the end of time.For those of you that don't know, Mary's Club is one of the first topless joints in the US. Been there since the 60's. You can Google their website.

 

Heres some that my wife and I took when we were driving out route 66.

 

These are in my shop. Old signs are so cool.

 

Here's another from the Chinatown section of Portland, Oregon. The Republic Cafe - open since 1922.

 

Another Portland joint that's been around forever. The site of many misadventures for myself in the 1970's!

 

Is the old Hoyt Hotel still there? I hope they haven't modernized it's hokey "1890"s theme.

 

Love to have a tee shirt of that.....

 

Estate Hotel - Portland, Oregon. (Now used for low-income housing)

 

here is a real keeper, this is a hand painted sign on sign plywood. i only know one other person who has a sign from the same company but his is molded plastic and it is lighted.this shop was big in southern california.

 

In Downtown Muskegon,Mi. on Western Ave. Built in 1930

 

Nice painted sign in Portland, Oregon advertising a hardware store.

 

FROM SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA
Shot this couple weeks back. Mounted on the old bus station down town. Probably built in the 1920's oil boom years. Cafe is closed now but we had a great lunch here couple years back. Guess the business goes to the ugly fast food joints stuck out by the highway. So sad.....



And after the old brick hotel down town burned out someone must have saved the sign. Found this over in the parking lot next to the Seminole Producer newspaper building - about 2 blocks away. No one in sight so I started to load this thing in the back of the truck! Eventually came to my senses but at least got this photo....

 

Might be time to get that transformer replaced.

 

The Water Heater King. Portland, Oregon.

 

Hires Root Beer painted wall sign. Portland, Oregon.

 

Got a nice shot of the Laurelhurst Theater here in Portland, OR last night. Open since 1923.