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Edd's Drive-in
Pascagoula, MS
Edd's Drive-in opened in 1953 as a Dairy Queen. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

More Mississippi:
Laurel

North Dakota:
Bismarck

Dairy Queen
Montvale, NJ
This Dairy Queen opened around 1951. There is a neon cone inside the store but I don't know if it's the one from this sign. For more, see this website. [map]

More New Jersey:
Irvington [map]

Dairy Queen
Albuquerque, NM

This Dairy Queen in Albuquerque appears to be from the 1950s. [map]

Dairy Queen
Lima, OH
This Dairy Queen appears to be from the 1950s. [map]

Dairy Crest
Springfield, OH
This Dairy Crest was originally a Dairy Queen. Around 1952, it broke away from the chain and changed its name and sign. The first photo was taken 2003; the second in 2009. The building has been vacant for many years. [map]

Loder's Shake Shoppe
North Royalton, OH
Loder's Shake Shoppe opened as a Dairy Queen in 1952. It became Loder's Shake Shoppe in 1965. The neon sign was evidently adapted then. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Dairy Queen
Cincinnati, OH
This Dairy Queen was built in 1948. The pole sign with the lips logo is a rare survivor. Most of these have been replaced with panels reading "DQ". Dairy Queen corporate is actively trying to replace all of these with the modern swoosh logo. In 2020, the rooftop neon sign was restored by the American Sign Museum. For more, see this website. [map]

Dairy Queen
Worthington, OH
Dairy Dream
Dunkirk, OH
This Dairy Queen sign in Worthington was most likely installed on the roof originally before being moved to poles in front of the building. This sign is lit at night. For more, see this website. [map]

The Dairy Dream is most likely a Dairy Queen with an altered sign. it opened in 1954. The neon on the sign had been missing for many years. In 2019, the building was painted black and the sign was repainted. [map]

Dairy Twist
Oberlin, OH
The Dairy Twist was built around 1951 as a Dairy Queen. [map]

More Ohio:
Fostoria

Dairy Queen
Anadarko, OK
2011: 2020:
This Dairy Queen cone sign must have had neon originally. I believe this location opened in 1949. By 2013, the location's name was changed to Dairy Freeze and the Dairy Queen logo on the cone sign had been painted over. The stand was closed by 2022. [map]

More Oklahoma:
Sapulpa [vintage; gone]

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