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Vintage neon signs

Washington, Franklin County, Missouri. The bar was opened in the 1930s and the sign was added in 1955. The bottom section originally read “Sharp Corner Bar”.

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The Palace Hotel and Bath House, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

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"1940s -- Sign of the Times Like many hotels of an early era, the PALACE was a bordello.The famous neon sign hanging over the outside front entrance was the first neon sign installed west of the Mississippi River; (purportedly built by the French inventor of neon, Mr. Georges and shipped from France to America, then by rail to E.S. and then by truck to the Palace Hotel.)"

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The Palace Hotel and Bath House, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

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"1940s -- Sign of the Times Like many hotels of an early era, the PALACE was a bordello.The famous neon sign hanging over the outside front entrance was the first neon sign installed west of the Mississippi River; (purportedly built by the French inventor of neon, Mr. Georges and shipped from France to America, then by rail to E.S. and then by truck to the Palace Hotel.)"

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I can’t possibly be the only one thinking what I’m thinking about this sign. That it’s beckoning patrons to a bathhouse makes it all the richer.
 

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