Vintage neon signs

• Feb 21, 2018

• #741

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The "Chief" neon sign a few posts above is fanfreakin'tastic.

A bit of a mess ⇩ but you have to give it points for confidence

 

• Feb 21, 2018

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Deja Vu? [emoji3]

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• Feb 22, 2018

• #743

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Ghostsoldier said:

Deja Vu? [emoji3]

Rob

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For real though.

I saw these posts yesterday evening, and first thing this morning it's in my instagram feed, posted by someone else.

Maybe I should take it as a sign of something [emoji12]

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• Feb 22, 2018

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• Feb 22, 2018

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I imagine, but don't remember that, we've had this one somewhere in our prior 38 pages, but if not, how much fun is this one:

 

• Feb 22, 2018

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Ghostsoldier said:

Rob

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I suppose it is a sign of my advancing years that I actually remember seeing things like this a few times. I'm glad for the memory, but things like this remind me that I have more spins of the coil behind than ahead.

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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The sad thing is that my first thought upon seeing this awesome sign was "my God, those prices are low." Yup, I only noticed the scattily clad woman second - sigh.

All that said, what a great sign.

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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Fading Fast said:

The sad thing is that my first thought upon seeing this awesome sign was "my God, those prices are low." Yup, I only noticed the scattily clad woman second - sigh.

All that said, what a great sign.

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And her thick shakes bring all the boys to the yard.


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• Feb 23, 2018

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Vive la France.

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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Rare 1930's porcelain one sided neon can sign " That Good Joliet Citizens Old Lager Beer". This sign was especially made for Joliet Citizens Brewing Company.

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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Replete with real pioneers in the parking lot (featuring 'Mr. Entrance', obviously).

Rob

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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One cool one for the weekend:

 

• Feb 23, 2018

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Fading Fast said:

The sad thing is that my first thought upon seeing this awesome sign was "my God, those prices are low." Yup, I only noticed the scattily clad woman second - sigh.

All that said, what a great sign.

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From a time when there had to be a dollars worth of something valuable available to print a dollar.
And like Forest Gump, that's all I have to say about that.

 

• Feb 24, 2018

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One cool one for the weekend:

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This reminds me of a Maxwell House billboard I remember seeing in Chicago when I was a child. It wasn't quite as elaborate as this one, but the giant cup of coffee had steam rising from it! Pretty impressive for a 5 or 6 year old from a town of 1100 people.

 

• Feb 24, 2018

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Walked by one of my favorite luncheonettes in the city this morning (egg creams and lemonades are off the charts and the burgers are good old-school, but the fries - inexplicably and heartbreakingly - are done in a convention oven which is crushing) and snapped this:

 

• Feb 24, 2018

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Fading Fast said:

One cool one for the weekend:

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I know that place well. Such a fantastic sign.

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• Feb 24, 2018

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1mach1 said:

I know that place well. Such a fantastic sign.

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I thought of you when I saw the address of the company. I assumed it had to be a bit of a local landmark.

 

• Feb 24, 2018

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I thought of you when I saw the address of the company. I assumed it had to be a bit of a local landmark.

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Yeah, its a good one for sure!

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• Feb 25, 2018

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3fingers said:

This reminds me of a Maxwell House billboard...the giant cup of coffee had steam rising from it! Pretty impressive for a 5 or 6 year old from a town of 1100 people.

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This reminds me of a Leave It To Beaver episode!

 

• Feb 25, 2018

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We have a Maxwell House factory here in Jacksonville, which also has a vintage neon sign, and it still works; a tipped coffee pot with an animated drop, which falls into a cup..."Good to the last drop".

I'll have to get some pictures of it, the next time I'm in downtown Jacksonville.

Rob