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Tennessee Signs (page 4)

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Hermitage Liquors [gone]
Old Hickory, TN		 Clark Motel [gone]
Powell, TN		 Mobilgas [gone]
Sparta, TN
Hermitage Liquors opened around 1952 and this sign was installed then. This photo is from 2010. In 2011, the sign was sold to a private collector. For more, see this website.

The Clark Motel looks like it was built in the 1940s or 1950s. The canopy and TV tower were added later and the sign was repainted from black to a more pleasant pink. This photo is from 2005. By 2009, the tower and signs were gone. For more, see this website.

This old Mobilgas sign was installed in front of the Antiques of Sparta Mall. By 2013, the sign was gone.

Parsons Signs:
Hot Fish [gone]
Smitty's Body & Glass

Pulaski Signs:
Dixie Maid [map]
National Department Store [map]
Reeves Drugs [map]

Rogersville Signs:
Memory Lane

Seymour Signs:
Pixie Drive-in [vintage; gone]

Shelbyville Signs:
Blue Ribbon Inn [gone]
Pope's Cafe [gone]
Tip Thompson Men's Wear [gone]

Edd Rogers Chevrolet Pontiac Buick
Sparta, TN
The Edd Rogers Chevrolet Pontiac Buick dealership features these vintage Chevrolet signs in its parking lot. [map]

Tazewell Signs:
Frostee Freeze: 1, 2 [map]

Bryant's Jewelers
Tiptonville, TN		 Royal Cafe
Whiteville, TN
Bryant's Jewelers became a Health Mart Pharmacy in recent years. However, the store appeared vacant when this photo was taken in 2010. This sign was still there then. These Elgin Watch signs were mass-produced. A more elaborate, two-piece example is in Fort Madison, IA. [map]

The Royal Cafe is gone but this sign remains. [map]

Townsend Signs:
Dock's Motel [map]

White Bluff Signs:
Whipper Snapper [vintage; gone]

More Tennessee Signs:
Rexall Drug Stores (various cities)

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