Vintage neon signs

[KY Gentleman]

Arent they both "Half Moon" motels? [emoji14]

Very cool KY!

Judging by the Moon depicted.... yes they are!
I missed that. Good catch.

 

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A full beehive and a few bees buzzing about - oh yea!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[3fingers]

^^^ All of that and suicide doors too.

 

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Don't think we've had this one before (but might have). Love the Space-Age inspired "you, too, can be an astronaut if you buy one of our cars" implication. And it looks like the flame gets it own neon treatment!

 

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As we've noted many times, make your sign a giant version of what you sell and you're ninety percent of the way to a great sign:

 

[pavementends]

I had a match book from the Fremont Hotel which said they were Vegas's largest. I found it in one of my dad's old brief cases. Picture brings back memories.

 

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Instead of our much-beloved pizza chef, we get a thoughtful description of the food - "incomparable." Not the usual neon verbiage - five-syllable words don't make for easy sign reading. But still a heck of a sign (love the linked chains here and there providing support):

 

[1mach1]

Instead of our much-beloved pizza chef, we get a thoughtful description of the food - "incomparable." Not the usual neon verbiage - five-syllable words don't make for easy sign reading. But still a heck of a sign (love the linked chains here and there providing support):

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Not a word you see used often, especially on signs.

I would, however, like to compare his food to other Italian restaurants. Despite the fact that he doesn't think it can be done [emoji14]

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[3fingers]

would, however, like to compare his food to other Italian restaurants.

Mach 1 the Italian food field tester.

 

[1mach1]

Mach 1 the Italian food field tester.

 

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I have no idea why there is a rooster in black tie on top of a lobster house's sign, but I want to eat here:

 

[LizzieMaine]

I suspect that Archie's started out as a "chicken dinner" restaurant -- a very popular road-food format in the 1940s, both for chains and independents. Giant roosters were very common signage for such places, most of which specialized in a regular sit-down table-service chicken dinner with all the trimmings, but some also offered carry-out as a harbinger of things to come. Anyone who's ever been to the "Famous Chicken Dinner" restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm in California has experienced the kind of place these were.

 

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I suspect that Archie's started out as a "chicken dinner" restaurant -- a very popular road-food format in the 1940s, both for chains and independents. Giant roosters were very common signage for such places, most of which specialized in a regular sit-down table-service chicken dinner with all the trimmings, but some also offered carry-out as a harbinger of things to come. Anyone who's ever been to the "Famous Chicken Dinner" restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm in California has experienced the kind of place these were.

That makes sense and it's awesome.

"Hey, let's change our format to a lobster and steak restaurant."

"Well, we'll need a new sign."

"The rooster stays."

"But it doesn't make sense."

"The rooster stays."

"It will confused people."

"The rooster stays."

"It's not that much more expensive to get an entire new sign."

"What do you not understand about, 'The rooster stays'."

(sigh) "The roster stays."


FYI, you have now just experienced an argument with my father where, in this case, he was in favor of keeping the rooster.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Noir.

Rob

 

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Noir.

Rob

Even though I pushed as hard as I could on the like button, it still only resulted in the same simple "like."

That said, IMHO, the man walking would have been more effective just silhouetted and not fuzzy.

 

[Frunobulax]

Even though I pushed as hard as I could on the like button, it still only resulted in the same simple "like."

That said, IMHO, the man walking would have been more effective just silhouetted and not fuzzy.

Looks like there might be a little time lapse going on there. He's not fuzzy so much as double exposed.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

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Looks like there might be a little time lapse going on there. He's not fuzzy so much as double exposed.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Thank you as that is way over my pay grade of photography knowledge (which is all-but zero) - I just thought it would've looked better.

 

[Frunobulax]

Thank you as that is way over my pay grade of photography knowledge (which is all-but zero) - I just thought it would've looked better.

I'm on my phone, but when I zoom in, I see "ghost legs." Hardly an expert here, either!


Sent directly from my mind to yours.