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Tennessee Signs (page 4)

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Hermitage Liquors [gone]
Old Hickory, TN		 Clark Motel [gone]
Powell, TN		 Signal Mountain Pharmacy
Signal Mountain, 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.

The Signal Mountain Pharmacy sign is probably from the 1960s. These backlit plastic signs were mass-produced and distributed nationwide. There are about a dozen of them still on display. [map]

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

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

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]

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

Spring City Signs:
Bailey Reed Motors

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

Tiptonville Signs:
Bryant's Jewelers

Townsend Signs:
Dock's on the River Motel [map]

Union City Signs:
Green Acres Homes

White Bluff Signs:
Whipper Snapper [vintage; gone]

Royal Cafe
Whiteville, TN

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

More Tennessee Signs:
Rexall Drug Stores (various cities)

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