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Missouri Signs (page 1)

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Triple Threat
Armory [gone]
Affton, MO		 Ava Beverage
Ava, MO		 Ava Drug
Ava, MO
The Triple Threat Armory opened here in 2016 and this sign was probably built then. The store closed in 2024 and the sign is gone now.

This Ava Beverage sign is probably from the 1950s. It appeared to have been restored recently when this photo was taken in 2010. [map]

Ava Drug was established in 1950. This sign is probably from then. I believe the sign was restored in 2005. The "Free Parking" panel must have read something else originally. The second sign is installed behind the building at the back entrance. [map]

Top Stitch Sewing Service
Barnett, MO
Top Stitch Sewing Service repairs and sells new and used sewing machines. The store was established in 1997 and had this sign built then. The design is based on a 1924 Bernina sewing machine. In 1999, the sign was moved to the store's current location. [map]

Jan's
Liquors [gone]
Belton, MO		 Crest Food
Center [gone]
Belton, MO		 Childress Music [gone]
Bolivar, MO		 Stein House
Cafe [gone]
Boonville, MO
The Jan's Liquors sign probably had a different name on top originally. The bulbs and neon appeared to be in good shape. In 2019, the sign was sold on eBay.

The Crest Food Center was built in 1959 and this sign was built by United Neon and installed then. The store closed in 2010. In 2012, the building was still vacant and the sign was still there. By 2018, the sign was gone. It was part of a private collection and later donated to the Lumi Museum where it will be displayed in the future. For more, see this website.

Childress Music has been around since 1967. This sign was probably from then. The store closed around 2022 and the sign was removed. For more, see this website.

The Stein House Cafe opened in the 1930s. It was destroyed by a fire in 2011. The sign was saved and put in storage. This photo is from 2010. For more, see this website.

Blue Springs:
Blue Springs Bowl

More Bolivar:
Goldena's Boot Shop

Bourbon:
Circle Inn [map]

Melody Lane
Inn [gone]
Branson, MO		 Coca-Cola
Brookfield, MO		 Buffalo
Motel [gone]
Buffalo, MO
The Melody Lane Inn sign was recently repainted. The note was previously blue. This photo is from 2010. The motel has been closed since at least 2012. The sign was still there in 2016 but gone by 2017. For more, see this website.

This Coca-Cola sign is installed over a vacant storefront. I don't know if there was a restaurant, drug store, or antiques store here previously. These signs were mass-produced by Coca-Cola. [map]

The Buffalo Motel sign was probably from the 1950s. The sign was still there in 2018 but gone by 2021. For more, see this website.

More Brookfield:
Carrier Air Conditioning [gone]

Tod's Motel
Cabool, MO		 California Motel
California, MO		 Cal's 2
California, MO
Tod's Motel was built in 1934 as Tod's Motor Court. This sign is probably from the 1950s. The design appears to match the College Crest Motel sign in Alton, IL. For more, see this website. [map]

The California Motel sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

The Cal's 2 sign was built in the late 1990s. The pouring bottle is animated. For more, see this website. [map]

More California:
Pontiac [gone?]

El Kay Lake View Motel
Camdenton, MO		 Zickfield's Jewelry
Cape Girardeau, MO		 Hamburger Express
Cape Girardeau, MO		 Southeast Missouri
Builder's Supply [gone]
Cape Girardeau, MO
The El Kay Lake View Motel had opened by 1960. This sign is probably around then. [map]

Zickfield's Jewelry opened in 1939. The store moved to its current location in 1968 and this sign is probably from then. [map]

Hamburger Express opened in 1988 and closed in 2023. I don't know if this burger sign was installed for a previous business or if it went up in 1988. [map]

Southeast Missouri Builder's Supply was established around 1900. This plastic sign was probably from the 1950s or 1960s. It read "Lumber" and "Prompt Service". The bottom sign might have been neon at one time. The sign was gone by 2018.

Camdenton:
Night Hawks Cafe: 1, 2 [gone]

More Cape Girardeau:
Clark Wheel Alignment [gone]
Grecian Steak House [map]

Galbraith's Paint & Floor
Carthage, MO		 Drake Hotel
Carthage, MO		 De Soto Plymouth
Carthage, MO
Galbraith's Paint & Floor was established in 1948. These Pratt & Lambert Paint signs must have been mass-produced. However, I don't know of any others like this left. There is only one panel left now. [map]

The Drake Hotel was built in 1922 and this sign is probably from then or shortly thereafter. In 2005, the building was renovated and converted into apartments. The neon sign was refurbished in 2006. [map]

This De Soto Plymouth dealership was open by the late 1940s. The building is from 1935. The dealership had closed by 1959 and housed a tire store after that. The sign remains and the building has been vacant for decades. [map]

Tri-State Bail Bonds [gone]
Carthage, MO
Tri-State Bail Bonds was established in 1959. This sign had been there since at least the 1960s. The sign was still there in 2018 but gone by 2021. It will be restored and displayed at the Route 66 Neon Sign Park in St. Robert, MO which will open in 2025.

More Carthage:
Star Lanes

Home Oil & Gas Co.
Caruthersville, MO
The Home Oil & Gas Co. porcelain enamel letters remain on the side of the building although the company is long gone. They are probably from the 1950s or 1960s. [map]

Montgomery Auto Sales
Chaffee, MO
The Montgomery Auto Sales sign might be from the 1970s. It is similar to Bonanza Homes signs but I don't know if this sign was inspired by those. [map]

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