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| Texas Signs (page 13) |
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| Pfennig's Prescription Pharmacy Taylor, TX |
Kincl Hardware Store Taylor, TX |
Buford Drugs Terrell, TX |
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Pfennig's Prescription Pharmacy opened in 1963. I don't know if this sign on the side of the building is from then or from a previous business. [map]
The Kincl Hardware Store opened in 1949. These signs were installed then. Many of the store's signs have since been lost but these remain. The porcelain enamel Frigidaire sign has embossed letters. The building and Kincl sign were restored in 2011. The building now houses an antiques store. For more, see this website. [map] Buford Drugs is gone but this sign remains. [map] |
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Temple:
Clem Mikeska's Bar-B-Q |
| Texarkana Bearings Supply [gone] Texarkana, TX |
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| Texarkana Bearings Supply was established in 1956. When the company moved in 2009, the company brought the signs with them. These photos are from 2011. By 2012, the company and signs were gone. For more, see this website. |
| Shamrock Motel Texarkana, TX |
Air Temp [gone] Texarkana, TX |
Tri State Motel Texarkana, TX |
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The neon on the Shamrock Motel sign was removed in 2008. It was probably built in the 1950s. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]
This Chrysler Airtemp sign hung above the Aycock Distributing Co., a wholesale sporting goods company. In 1934, Chrysler began producing Airtemp air conditioners. In the 1970s, this part of the company's business was sold to Fedders. I'm not sure of the connection between the sign and the business. This sign was gone by 2021. The Tri State Motel was originally called the Two State Motel. The sign is probably from the 1950s. In 2008, the sign's arrow and revolving star were removed. This photo is from 2011. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map] |
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More Texarkana:
Hotel Grim Magnolia Manor Motel Skate America Fun Center Texas City:
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| spinning sign [gone] Thorndale, TX |
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| This spinning sign was located at the HRH Garage. It was no longer spinning when I took this photo in 2018. It was gone by 2019. I don't know when this sign was installed or what business was there then. I believe these motorized, attention-getting signs were produced in the 1950s or 1960s. There are only a few of them left around the country. The two arms each had two discs on each end. The arms would spin in opposite directions. This video of a now-gone sign in Budd Lake, NJ shows what these signs looked like in motion. |
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Truck Stop [gone] |
| Borden's [gone] Tyler, TX |
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| Borden's bought this building from a local dairy company in 1944. This sign was built in 1945. It was gone by 2023. There was a similar Borden's sign in Dallas, TX. There is an operating Borden's ice cream parlor in Lafayette, LA. |
| Masonic Lodge Tyler, TX |
Loggins Restaurant Tyler, TX |
Siesta Motel Tyler, TX |
Tyler Court Tyler, TX |
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This Masonic Lodge was built around 1926. This sign is probably from the 1950s. White porcelain enamel Masonic signs like this are far less common than blue ones. [map]
The Loggins Restaurant opened in 1949. These signs may be from then. [map] The Siesta Motel appears to be used for apartments now. The sign appears to be from the 1940s or 1950s. [map] This Tyler Court sign is probably from the 1940s or 1950s. The units appear to be used as apartments now. [map] |
| Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph [gone] Tyler, TX |
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| The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph sign might have been from the 1950s. It was gone by 2021. |
| Fuller's Fine Foods [gone] Tyler, TX |
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| The Fuller's Fine Foods signs are probably from the 1950s. These photos are from 2011. The restaurant had closed and the signs were gone by 2013. |
| Carpenter-Francis Drugs Tyler, TX |
Progress Cleaners Tyler, TX |
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Tyler, TX |
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Carpenter-Francis Drugs is gone but this sign remains. It is probably from the late 1950s or 1960s. [map]
Progress Cleaners was established in 1938. This sign is probably from the 1950s. [map] This Independent Order of Odd Fellows building is from 1907. The Odd Fellows purchased in the building in 1912. This sign is probably from the 1950s. The sign was restored and painted black around 2022. [map] |
| Gilbert's El Charro Cafe Tyler, TX |
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| Gilbert's El Charro Cafe was established in 1943. This location opened in 1952. These signs appear to be from then. The restaurant closed in 2013 and has been vacant since then. The letters on the building are falling over and the pole sign was leaning over severely. The pole sign was reported stolen in 2023. [map] |
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More Tyler:
Bergfeld Center Deason Pharmacy [gone] Lew's Welding Service Star Donuts |
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