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  1. Here’s an old picture of the Philadelphia Church on Clark Street in Chicago’s Andersonville.
    Only part of the neon is currently working, though Jesus Saves still shines.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #vintageneon #neonsigns

  2. Here’s an old picture of the Philadelphia Church on Clark Street in Chicago’s Andersonville.
    Only part of the neon is currently working, though Jesus Saves still shines.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #vintageneon #neonsigns

  3. Sands Caravan Inn, Bakersfield, California. It was a hopping place, and check out that mural behind the bar. A motel no longer.

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside

  4. Sands Caravan Inn, Bakersfield, California. It was a hopping place, and check out that mural behind the bar. A motel no longer.

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside

  5. Action-packed photo was created and briefly thrived, bringing life to Pena's Automotive, 47th Street near Knox. Now a white fence. 1997 photo.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers

  6. Action-packed photo was created and briefly thrived, bringing life to Pena's Automotive, 47th Street near Knox. Now a white fence. 1997 photo.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers

  7. Goodi's, Milwaukee Avenue at Golf, Niles, Illinois. The gyros cone was later replaced with a photo of a gyros sandwichYou can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  8. Goodi's, Milwaukee Avenue at Golf, Niles, Illinois. The gyros cone was later replaced with a photo of a gyros sandwichYou can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  9. San Quinton Motel, Dalton, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Quinton, Owners-Managers. Hey, we can make our motel sound like a famous prison!

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers

  10. San Quinton Motel, Dalton, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Quinton, Owners-Managers. Hey, we can make our motel sound like a famous prison!

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns #signage #signlovers

  11. I was impressed with the Halal Guys cart when I first saw one in Manhattan in the twenty-teens. Their logo gave fair attention to both the cone and the equipment around it. The logo became a bit more refined as they expanded around the country, including to Chicago and New Orleans locations seen here. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  12. I was impressed with the Halal Guys cart when I first saw one in Manhattan in the twenty-teens. Their logo gave fair attention to both the cone and the equipment around it. The logo became a bit more refined as they expanded around the country, including to Chicago and New Orleans locations seen here. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  13. Three fine Mexico City manhole covers. The third is from the vicinity of the Chapultepec Zoo.

#manhole #manholecover #roadsideart

  14. Three fine Mexico City manhole covers. The third is from the vicinity of the Chapultepec Zoo.

#manhole #manholecover #roadsideart

  15. Motel magnificence: Regina Motor Lodge, On U.S. 11 and 460, Salem, Virginia. L.T. & Elizabeth R. Clark, Owners. (Queen of Motels).

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns

  16. Motel magnificence: Regina Motor Lodge, On U.S. 11 and 460, Salem, Virginia. L.T. & Elizabeth R. Clark, Owners. (Queen of Motels).

    #vintagemotel #motel #vintagepostcard #roadsideart #sca_roadside #motelsigns

  17. I only photographed the entrance to the Centralia, Illinois, Sentinel's building, but what an art deco masterpiece! Its inspirational text, "Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence, unbribed by gain," seems to have originated with the Salem Register in 1802. But it proved a popular motto with many other newspapers across the country. Photo circa 1990.

    #roadsideart #artdeco

  18. I only photographed the entrance to the Centralia, Illinois, Sentinel's building, but what an art deco masterpiece! Its inspirational text, "Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence, unbribed by gain," seems to have originated with the Salem Register in 1802. But it proved a popular motto with many other newspapers across the country. Photo circa 1990.

    #roadsideart #artdeco

  19. Little Mel and Niko had the same idea, or at least the same sign catalog. Little Mel's Place, at Clark near Winnemac, is long gone. Niko’s, at Western Avenue and Diversey, lasted a lot longer, going through more sign iterations as well as an extra k, before disappearing about 10 years ago. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  20. Little Mel and Niko had the same idea, or at least the same sign catalog. Little Mel's Place, at Clark near Winnemac, is long gone. Niko’s, at Western Avenue and Diversey, lasted a lot longer, going through more sign iterations as well as an extra k, before disappearing about 10 years ago. You can see hundreds more gyros signs at gyrosproject.com.

    #gyrosproject #gyros #streetfood #roadsideart #vernacularart #SCA-roadside #signage #signlovers

  21. Twistee Treat and its cone-shaped buildings has been around since 1983. Here’s an early example, photographed c. 1985.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood

  22. Twistee Treat and its cone-shaped buildings has been around since 1983. Here’s an early example, photographed c. 1985.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood

  23. Ghost signs at Sydlee Electronic Supply Corp., Springfield, Mass. Photographed 1984. The building is gone. I had hours of creative fun with a Voice of Music reel-to-reel tape recorder in my youth.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood #vintageneon #neonsigns #ghostsign #ghostsigns

  24. Ghost signs at Sydlee Electronic Supply Corp., Springfield, Mass. Photographed 1984. The building is gone. I had hours of creative fun with a Voice of Music reel-to-reel tape recorder in my youth.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood #vintageneon #neonsigns #ghostsign #ghostsigns

  25. Three ghostly signs, locations unknown. The headless body looks like it should be in Virginia based on the shape of the sign, but there’s no state highway 21 there.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood #vintageneon #neonsigns #ghostsign #ghostsigns

  26. Three ghostly signs, locations unknown. The headless body looks like it should be in Virginia based on the shape of the sign, but there’s no state highway 21 there.

    #roadsideart #vernacularart #sca_roadside #signage #signlovers #roadfood #vintageneon #neonsigns #ghostsign #ghostsigns