April 30, 2011

25 neon signs

1.
12 oaks motor hotel sign
Tyler


There is something about a vintage neon sign that just thrills the heck out of me. I've driven a lot of Tejas (and elsewhere) to find them, and I hope to find more. But the very nature of them (vintage) makes them increasingly difficult and rare to find. Add to that factors such as the climate, like it is down along the Gulf of Mexico (where I grew up, down in Galveston). The salty air causes stuff to rapidly rust away, and the occasional hurricanes do their fair share of destroying signs from the past. So, due to my difficulty in locating them, the joy when finding or stumbling upon one is great. These are some of my favorites (out of a set of 336, taken from December 2005 to April 2011).

2.
2-ms malt n burger mart neon sign at night2-ms malt n burger neon sign
Richmond-Rosenberg


3.
25th street theatre neon sign
Waco


4.
7 oaks motel sign
Seven Oaks


5.
a slight disconnect
A confusing sign in Dallas...


6. & 7.
alamo plaza hotel courts neon signalamo plaza motor hotel neon sign
Dallas and Houston


8.
anthony's laundry & dry cleaning neon sign
Austin


9.
apache motel neon sign
Tucumcari, New Mexico


10. & 11.
arby's in neon in wacoarby's neon sign in austin
Waco and Austin


12.
arcadia
Kerrville


13.
austin motel signage
Austin


14.
bayou lanes in atlanta
Atlanta


15.
beckham hotel neon sign
Mineola


16.
bel air motel
Austin


17.
berry motel
Corrigan


18.
bonham steam laundry and cleaners neon sign
Bonham


19.
borden's neon sign
borden's neon sign
Tyler (same sign in different light)


20.
bottle shop neon sign
Texarkana


21.
boulder motel neon sign
Pecos


22.
bowling neon sign in sealy
Sealy


23.
brown drugs rexall neon sign
McLean


24.
buhrman-pharr hardware co. neon sign
Texarkana


25.
café texan neon sign
Huntsville


To be continued....

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