Vintage neon signs

[dh66]

VEB Feinkost Leipzig - so called Löffelfamilie ('spoon family') - maybe a repeat

That's a good one! Hard to top the animated ones

 

[BobHufford]

Hope no one was hurt ...

Springfield, Missouri in 1955.

Current view. Probably the same view in hundreds of towns now..

 

[Zombie_61]

Hope no one was hurt ...

Springfield, Missouri in 1955.

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The sedan looks like it really got t-boned, but the passenger compartment looks to be quite intact so I'd guess the people in that car fared better than whoever was in the truck in the background.

 

[BobHufford]

I don't remember this character on "Grey's Anatomy".

Walla Walla, WA.

 

[Frunobulax]

Probably not very vintage, but worthy of posting nonetheless.

 

[BobHufford]

Installing a brand new neon sign at the Masonic Lodge in downtown Salem, Missouri in 1953.

 

[Blackthorn]

Great pic!

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

VOX cinema in Strasbourg (Alsace) with the monumental facade installation (probably from 1938)

1948

Today

 

[BobHufford]

Wasn't sure whether to post this here on or the "Vintage Things That Have Disappeared" thread. Venetian blinds are still around, but a place that cleans them for you? Springfield, Missouri. First photo circa 1977.

 

[Blackthorn]

I like it, Bob.

 

[dh66]

 

[dh66]

There were some holes that looked like where the neon used to be attached, but not really sure about that. Either way, it was too good not to share.

 

[Zombie_61]

^ I'd like to have seen that one in it's prime, i.e. freshly painted and vibrant colors, neon or not.

 

[Blackthorn]

Yeah, that would have been cool to see!

 

[dh66]

^ I'd like to have seen that one in it's prime, i.e. freshly painted and vibrant colors, neon or not.

Yeah, that would have been cool to see!

I'd love to know what it was even for. It was standing next to an empty lot where there was a foundation of some long gone building.

 

[BobHufford]

Speaks for itself? Best attended when the open windows allow a cross breeze. Baltimore, MD.

 

[dh66]

Used car dealer in Montgomery, AL

 

[dh66]

Rockford, AL

 

[Fading Fast]

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Rockford, AL

It is incredible how many times you see a Rexall sign in movies from the '30s-'50s. Once you start to notice the Rexall sign in old movies, you'll see it all the time.

 

[BobHufford]

Washington, Missouri. Not my photo…