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| Texas Signs (page 9) |
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| Sno-White Laundry & Dry Cleaners [gone] Longview, TX |
Longview News-Journal Longview, TX |
Knights of Pythias Lodge Longview, TX |
National Truck Stop Longview, TX |
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The Sno-White Laundry & Dry Cleaners sign was probably from the 1950s or 1960s. I don't know if the backlit piece with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was there from the beginning or added later. The sign was gone by 2022. For more, see this website.
The Longview News-Journal sign looks like an adapted theatre sign. It is located behind the building. It could also be a new sign made to look like one from the late 1930s or 1940s. Does anyone know more about it? [map] The Knights of Pythias Lodge was built in 1928. This sign is probably from the 1940s or 1950s. Around 2023, the bottom part of the sign with "Lodge" and "No. 26" was painted over. For more, see this website. [map] The National Truck Stop sign panels are installed on a former oil derrick. The sign is probably from the 1950s. By 2021, the gas station had been demolished but the sign remains. [map] |
| Waffle Shoppe [gone] Longview, TX |
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| The Waffle Shoppe opened in 1976. It closed in 2016 and the building was vacant until 2020 when it was demolished. The sign is also gone. Although the sign read "Shoppes," I don't believe there were any other locations. The top part of the sign revolved. |
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More Longview:
Pizza King |
| Petty's Motor Hotel Lufkin, TX |
Jewell Hudgens Machine Co. Lufkin, TX |
Powell Garage [gone] Lufkin, TX |
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The Petty's Motor Hotel sign is probably from the 1950s or early 1960s. The spikes poking out of the top of the sign were originally longer. There was originally a Petty's Restaurant next door. [map]
The Jewell Hudgens Machine Co. was established in 1947. This sign might be from then or the 1950s. [map] The shape of this Powell Garage sign appeared to have been a Kaiser-Frazer sign originally. This photo is from 2011. The sign was still there in 2016. I'm told that in 2018, it was gone. For more, see this website. |
| Standpipe Coffee House Lufkin, TX |
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| The Standpipe Coffee House opened in 2011. When the building was being renovated, a painted brick ghost sign from around 1907 was discovered on one of the previous exterior walls. It was preserved and is visible now inside the coffee shop. The neon sign was donated to the coffee shop. It had been used at a pharmacy nearby but had been in storage for decades. It was adapted for Standpipe. It is probably from the 1940s or 1950s. These signs were mass-produced. There is a similar sign in San Antonio, TX. There was another one in Beeville, TX. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
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More Lufkin:
Sun-N-Pines Motel: 1, 2 [gone] Timberland Shopping Center Marble Falls:
Marlin:
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| Masonic Lodge Marshall, TX |
Burnett Motel Marshall, TX |
Chevrolet OK Used Cars Marshall, TX |
Boggus Ford McAllen, TX |
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This Masonic Lodge was built in 1911. This sign is probably from the 1950s or so. Black porcelain enamel Masonic signs are rare. Most of them are blue. [map]
The Burnett Motel was built in 1949. There was a different sign there originally. This one is probably from the late 1950s or earlier 1960s. For more, see this website. [map] These Chevrolet OK Used Cars were used all over the country in the 1960s. Only a handful are still on display. There must have been a Chevrolet new car dealership next door to this canopy which is now used just for parking. [map] The Boggus Ford sign appears to be from the 1950s. It's possible that there was another Ford dealership here originally and that the "Boggus" letters were added to the sign later. The sign has been updated for Sames Ford now. [map] |
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More Marshall:
Grand Plaza Shopping Center |
| Masonic Reading Room [gone] McKinney, TX |
Bill Smith's Cafe McKinney, TX |
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The Masonic Reading Room sign was an unusual backlit design. I have never seen a Masonic sign with "reading room" text before. The Masonic Temple relocated in 2019 and this sign is now in storage. There are plans to restore it and display it on the new building. However, that has not happened.
Bill Smith's Cafe opened in 1956. This cafe sign was built in 1950. I assume it was located somehwere else previously. In 2022, the cafe closed. There are plans to demolish the building and construct a car wash. There are plans to reopen in Van Alstyne in 2024 and the sign will be relocated to the new location. [map] |
| Welcome sign McKinney, TX |
E.H. Hanby Insurance [gone] Mesquite, TX |
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The 30-foot-wide, McKinney Welcome sign was built by Mello Signs and installed in 2020. [map]
The E.H. Hanby Insurance sign appeared to be from the 1940s or 1950s. The office closed around 2016 and the sign was removed. |
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More McKinney:
McKinney Plaza [gone] North Side Medical Mercedes:
More Mesquite:
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| former Ferg's Cafe Miami, TX |
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| This sign advertised for Ferg's Cafe in the 1970s and possibly earlier. The neon tubing holes seem to match those letters. I don't know when this sign was built or what the original business was. There may have been another cafe there originally. This sign is also on the pole beneath one of the panels. Ferg's was long gone by 2008. After Ferg's closed, the space housed the KNT Cafe. It now houses the Rafter B Cafe. The sign panels were repainted sometime after 2014. [map] |
| Bowen's Grocery [gone] Midland, TX |
West Wind Motel Midland, TX |
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Bowen's Grocery has been here since at least 1961. The store was still open in 2013 but appeared to be closed in 2016. The pylon part of the building collapsed in 2017 and it was not rebuilt. For more, see this website.
The West Wind Motel was probably built in the 1950s or 1960s. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Midland Map Company Midland, TX |
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| The Midland Map Company was established in 1950. This location opened in 1959 and these signs appear to be from then. [map] |
| Fashion Cleaners [gone] Midland, TX |
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| The Fashion Cleaners sign over the entrance was probably from the 1950s while the pole sign was most likely from the 1960s. By 2024, the business had closed. The building was demolished and the signs are gone. |
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