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California Signs (page 4)

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Big Bear Lake:
Cozy Hollow Lodge

Big Pine Motel
Big Pine, CA
The Big Pine Motel sign appears to be from the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map]

Rancho Verde Motel [gone]
Blythe, CA
2015: 2020:
The Rancho Verde Motel sign had neon originally. It was probably built in the 1950s. In 2021, the sign was laying on the ground. It was gone in 2022.

Elms Motel
Bishop, CA		 Mac's Sporting Goods
Bishop, CA		 Town House Motel
Bishop, CA
The Elms Motel sign is from the 1950s. The panel sign was originally painted brown. For more, see this website. [map]

Mac's Sporting Goods opened in 1956 and this sign appears to be from then. [map]

The Town House Motel was built in 1946. These signs are probably from the 1960s. [map]

Thunderbird Motel
Bishop, CA
The Thunderbird Motel signs appear to be from the 1960s. [map]

Johnnie's
Super Market
Boulder Creek, CA		 Independent Order
of Oddfellows
Boulder Creek, CA
I believe Johnnie's Super Market opened in the early 1950s. This sign appears to be from then. For more, see this website. [map]

This Independent Order of Oddfellows sign is one of the smallest ones that I've ever seen. [map]

New Leaf Community Market
Boulder Creek, CA
2014: 2020:
This New Leaf Community Market location opened in 1998. I don't know what store this sign advertised for originally. In 2018, the building began housing the Wild Roots Market. The sign was adapted and repainted again. [map]

More Boulder Creek:
Scarborough Lumber & Building Supply

White Cross Drugs
Brawley, CA
White Cross Drugs had opened here by 1921 and is still in business. These signs are probably from the 1940s or 1950s. The first sign was part of a projecting sign. The other mirror image panel is also displayed flat against the building now. For more, see this website. [map]

Wilke Machine and Auto Parts
Brawley, CA		 Borderland Buses
Chuck's Box Lunches
Brawley, CA
Wilke Machine and Auto Parts was founded in 1946. This sign is probably from then or shortly after that. The company folded around 2001 but this sign remains. [map]

Borderland Buses and Chuck's Box Lunches are long gone but this sign remains. A few bits of gold neon tubing cling to the back of the sign. It was probably built in the 1950s. [map]

Brentwood:
Delta Theatre

Redwood Motel
Bridgeport, CA		 Walker River Lodge
Bridgeport, CA
The Redwood Motel sign is probably from the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map]

The Walker River Lodge sign appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. The sign on the building is newer. For more, see this website. [map]

Silver Maple Inn
Bridgeport, CA
The Silver Maple Inn was built in the 1930s. The smaller sign might be from then. The vertical sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

Bridgeport Inn
Bridgeport, CA		 Ken's Sporting Goods
Bridgeport, CA
The Bridgeport Inn was built in 1877. This sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

Ken's Sporting Goods was established in 1931. The sign has been there since at least the 1950s. [map]

Alameda Albany -
Apple Valley		 Arcadia -
Barstow		 Bakersfield Bay Point -
Beverly Hills		 Buellton Buena Park -
Carpinteria
Catheys Valley -
Corona del Mar		 Cotati -
El Centro		 El Dorado -
Escondido		 Eureka -
Garden Grove		 Fresno Gilroy -
Harbor City		 Hawthorne -
Lakeport		 Hayward &
San Leandro
Lakewood -
Live Oak		 Lodi -
Lynwood		 Long Beach Los Angeles Macdoel -
Mendota		 Merced -
Monte Rio		 Monterey Park -
Oceanside		 Oakland
Ontario -
Palo Alto		 Pasadena -
Petaluma		 Pico Rivera -
Pomona		 Porterville -
Redondo Beach		 Redwood City -
Richmond		 Rio Nido -
Roseville		 Sacramento Salida -
San Bernardino
San Bruno -
San Luis Obispo		 San Diego Area San Francisco San Jose San Mateo -
Santa Barbara		 Santa Clara -
Santa Monica		 Santa Paula -
Stanton		 Stockton
Suisun City -
Ukiah		 Upland -
Vernon		 Victorville -
Wilmington		 Woodland -
Yuba City		 Museum of
Neon Art		 Valley Relics Museum

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