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| Missouri Signs (page 7) |
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| Belmont Furniture House St. Clair, MO |
Stag Beer St. James, MO |
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The Belmont Furniture House sign is probably from the 1930s or 1940s. The store is gone but the sign remains. [map]
These Stag Beer signs were mass-produced. This one is installed at Johnnie's Bar which opened in the 1960s. The building didn't house a bar before that so the 1950s-looking sign must have come from somewhere else. [map] |
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More St. Clair:
Arch Motel [vintage; gone] More St. James:
St. John:
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| Wing Printing St. Joseph, MO |
Womach Motors St. Joseph, MO |
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The Wing Printing Co. was established in 1912. This sign is probably from the 1940s or 1950s. [map]
Womach Motors opened in 1961 and this sign is probably from then. [map] |
| Modern Cleaners St. Joseph, MO |
American Electric Co. St. Joseph, MO |
IBEW Electrical Workers St. Joseph, MO |
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Modern Cleaners opened in the 1950s. This sign is probably from the 1960s. [map]
American Electric Co. sells wholesale electrical equipment and supplies. This sign was moved here from the company's 3rd St. location in 2017 when it was converted into lofts. The sign looks like it was built in the 1950s and most likely had neon originally. [map] This IBEW Electrical Workers union office is still located here. This sign is probably from the 1950s. [map] |
| Don Bisig's Barber Shop St. Joseph, MO |
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Don Bisig's Barber Shop opened in 1962. Around 2018, the business closed and the sign was removed. In 2020, the sign was adapted for the Gentleman's Chair Barber Shop and reinstalled. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Bucket Shop [gone] St. Joseph, MO |
Terrible's Casino [gone] St. Joseph, MO |
Pony Express Motel St. Joseph, MO |
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The Bucket Shop restaurant had been around since at least the 1940s. This sign was probably from the 1950s. Around 2009, a new owner renamed the place Little Boudreaux's Bucket Shop. At that point, the sign was restored and the wording was changed slightly. This photo is from 2010. By 2013, the business and sign were gone. For more, see this website.
Terrible's Casino opened in 1994. I assume this sign was from then. This photo was taken in 2010. The place is now known as the Frontier Casino and this sign is gone. There was another sign like this one at the Terrible's Casino in Osceola, IA. The Pony Express Motel sign has been through a few iterations over the years. I believe the motel was built around 1960. In the early 1960s, the sign was half this size. A panel with the name of the motel was located beneath the galloping horse. The sign was rebuilt in the mid-1960s to its current look. For a while, there was a Best Western logo on top of the sign. The motel was demolished in 2006 for a shopping center. The sign was saved, restored, and installed in 2008 at the Pony Express Museum in town. St. Joseph is where the Pony Express began. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
| Speedy's Convenience St. Joseph, MO |
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| There are at least eight of these Speedy's Convenience stores around St. Joseph, all featuring these animated, galloping neon racehorse signs. The signs shown here are from two different locations. These Speedy's stores are located at Sinclair gas stations. [2420 Frederick map]; [4007 Frederick map]; [Mitchell map]; [S. Belt Hwy. map]; [2221 N. Belt Hwy. map]; [2317 N. Belt Hwy. map]; [Messanie map] |
| River Bluff Brewing St. Joseph, MO |
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| These signs at River Bluff Brewing came from local, closed businesses. Chet's Barber Shop was established in 1951. The store had closed by 2021 and the sign was displayed inside the front window for a few years before being moved here. The Y Plaza property was redeveloped in 2016 and this sign was removed then. I don't know if the corrugated plastic "Plaza" sign that was underneath was saved or destroyed. It is now installed on the side of the brewery's building. The Hatfield's Sporting Goods sign originally had neon. The sign was removed by 2021 and is now installed in the parking lot at River Bluff. The Olympia Lanes bowling pin and text panel are also on display inside the brewery. |
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More St. Joseph:
Gold-N-Glaze Donut Olympia Lanes Reddy Kilowatt Snow White Drive-in Restaurant [vintage; gone] St. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric [vintage; gone] St. Joseph Fuel Oil Co. [gone] Wright's Jewelry Co. [gone] Yellow Cab Co. [gone] |
| Route 66 Neon Park St. Robert, MO |
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| The Route 66 Neon Park opened in 2025 in the George M. Reed Roadside Park. These restored vintage and replicated signs are lit at night. More signs may be added later. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map] |
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