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The remains of the distinctive neon sign for the old Distelfink drive-in restaurant in Heidelberg, a small Pennsylvania borough, near Gettysburg (LOC)
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The owners of this large fruit stand in Thorp, a small town in Washington State's fertile central valley, replete with orchards and vineyards, made their advertising sign extra-large so that drivers passing by on Interstate Highway 90 were almost guarante
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One of several classic neon signs in Tucson, Arizona, saved from destruction by preservationists and moved to a spot near Pima Community College (LOC)
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One of several classic neon signs in Tucson, Arizona, saved from destruction by preservationists and moved to a spot near Pima Community College (LOC)
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Sign for the venerable Caruso's Restaurant historic, turned trendy, Fourth Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. Caruso's was opened in the 1930s by Nicasio ("Caruso") Zagona, and the restaurant has (as of 2018) remained in the family since then (LOC)
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Smokey Bear, long the symbolic mascot of the United States Forest Service, alerts drivers in Shell Canyon in north-central Wyoming's remote Big Horn County that fire danger is high there (LOC)
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Motel neon sign in Wildwood, New Jersey (LOC)
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Peanut figure outside a shop in Plains, Georgia, that sells all sorts of peanut-related foods, from fudge to ice cream (LOC)
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Apt advertising sign above a downtown coffeehouse in the Mississippi River port of La Crosse, Wisconsin (LOC)
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Freshly painted (or repainted) Mail Pouch Tobacco sign on a barn in rural Jackson County, West Virginia (LOC)
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Old bread advertising sign in El Paso, Texas (LOC)
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Sign for Motel and Cafe Hi-Lo in Northern California (LOC)
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Rancho Super Car Wash neon sign in Rancho Mirage, California (LOC)
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Twin Hi-Way Drive-In, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania (LOC)
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Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (LOC)
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Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada (LOC)
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Dusk is approaching and the illumination of the neon lettering on this signature coffee-pot-shaped advertising tower for a Sapp Brothers truck stop in West Omaha, Nebraska, is starting to take effect (LOC)
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Neon sign at the Twist Cone ice cream stand in Aberdeen, a small city in northeast South Dakota that was founded by a railroad executive whose boss was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, hence the choice of the new town's name (LOC)
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An oversized chile dog and blown-out restaurant sign keep company at Sparky's Burgers & BBQ (barbecue), a must-see roadside attraction in tiny Hatch, New Mexico, north of Las Cruces, that offers not only green-chili cheeseburgers, espresso, and other coff
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Federhofer's Bakery was opened in 1966 in St. Louis, Missouri, a time when a significant portion of the city was still populated by descendants of a wave of German immigrants who flocked to the Mississippi River city in the late 1800s (LOC)
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The Frostop mug advertising sign outside "The Drive In" restaurant in Taylors Falls, Minnesota (LOC)
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Sign for what is suggested to be a sophisticated bowling alley in Waterford, Michigan. What makes it sophisticated? Note the martini glass next to the bowling pin (LOC)
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The Parkette, a nostalgic, 1950s-era drive-in restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky (LOC)
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Orange World citrus stand in a mammoth, orange-shaped vernacular structure dating to 1970, was a must-stop roadside attraction in the years when Kissimmee, Florida, was little more than a citrus-packing center among acres of orange and grapefruit groves (