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Vintage neon signs
- Thread starter Blackthorn
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⇧ How good would your day be if you stopped by in the afternoon for one of those sundaes and, then, back after work for one of those martinis.
Ghostsoldier
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"The new Olds are in early this year."
Rob
Rob
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Would like you to come on in. The coffee's hot and the grits are kissable.
Sent directly from my mind to yours.
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When I was a kid, if I had a penny for every time I saw this sign I'd be a millionaire.
A local FaceBook page featuring Springfield history posted this pic of High Street Fundamental Baptist Church (of which my wife's grandparents were charter members). This was the dedication of their second building in 1950. The original building (on the right) features one of these iconic "Jesus Saves" neons (and I'm pretty sure the church specific sign is neon as well). Wonder where those signs ended up...
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The Pell City Steak House in Pell City, AL, since 1948.
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Ghostsoldier
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Rob
Ghostsoldier
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Soon.
Rob
Rob
Ghostsoldier
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A little late in the season, but colorful.
Rob
Rob
Ghostsoldier
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Rob
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A little late in the season, but colorful.
Rob
Love the hi-tech "No Left Turn" sign.
Rob
A couple of cocktails at Mecca + chicken dinner at Eddie (something) = one heck of an evening.
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Rob
Kinda had me do a double-take. That couple looks a lot like Grandma and Grandpa.
Any idea where your photos are from?
Ghostsoldier
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I just grab them off the interweb, as I find them...seeing how I work for a local county government authority (a typical "county employee"), I have plenty of free time to surf the web and find these photos...I usually don't keep track of the websites (mostly Google images).
Rob
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Rob
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Rob
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Great signs. I assumed you haven't been posting much recently as you were busy buying this:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/stars-and-their-cars.55805/page-19#post-2369905
All I ask is that, when you do, I get a ride in it.
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Ha! I wish. And I'd be honored to let you take the wheel.
If I had the funds for that, I wouldn't be living in the DC area, that's for sure.
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Before there was neon, there were "Flexlume" signs -- molded milk-glass letters that fit thru die-cut holes in porcelain enameled metal panels fit into a metal frame, and illuminated from inside. These became popular at the turn of the 20th Century and were the latest thing on Main Street until neon became popular in the twenties.
A few years back a warehouse find yielded dozens of unused Flexlume signs, including a total of seven of these Gulf models, all unused in the original crates. Very few of these types of signs have survived intact, and most people today have probably never seen one lit up. But they were the direct precursor to the backlit plastic signs that dominate the landscape today.
A few years back a warehouse find yielded dozens of unused Flexlume signs, including a total of seven of these Gulf models, all unused in the original crates. Very few of these types of signs have survived intact, and most people today have probably never seen one lit up. But they were the direct precursor to the backlit plastic signs that dominate the landscape today.
