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Tag Archives: Vintage Signs

Top Hat Diner

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

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Sunset, utah, Vintage Signs

The Top Hat Diner, located at 1147 North Main Street in Sunset, Utah

I stopped by to document the cool vintage Hi Hat sign.

Cedar Bowling Center

18 Friday Dec 2020

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Bowling, Cedar City, Iron County, utah, Vintage Signs

I’ve always loved the vintage sign they have out in front of Cedar Bowling Center at 421 E Hwy 91, Cedar City, Utah

Roy’s Cafe

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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Barstow, California, Diners, historic, Neon Signs, Restaurants, Route 66, San Bernardino County, Vintage Signs

Roy’s Cafe is a classic route 66 diner in downtown Barstow.

Located at 413 East Main Street

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1009 E 3300 S

04 Friday Dec 2020

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Vintage Signs

England Plumbing Supply has a cool vintage sign I always love to see and stopped to document. I read that it was built by YESCO in the 1950s as a neon sign for their previous location and they moved here in 1967 and removed the neon and painted it.

1009 East 3300 South in Salt Lake City, Utah

  • (from county records)

Snelgrove Ice Cream Sign

29 Sunday Nov 2020

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Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, utah, Vintage Signs

Snelgrove Ice Cream became a very common sight around Utah after its founding in 1929.

The 40 foot tall vintage pink sign with a double ice cream cone spinning here at 850 E 2100 S in Salt Lake has been a fun thing to see since it was put up in 1962.

The plaque on the sign says:
Site of the Former Snelgrove Ice Cream Company\Snelgrove Ice Cream Company (1929-1990) ran their popular ice cream parlor and factory on this site for 5 years. The distinctive double-scoop cone sign was erected in 1962 and was famously depicted on a 2002 Salt Lake Olympics pin.

Here’s another of their former locations with a double cone, this one is at 605 E 400 S in Salt Lake. Squirrel Brothers left the cone in place and then Jimmy John’s painted it black.

This cool old photo is one I found online here.

1/27/2024
1/27/2024

SOS Drug Co.

28 Saturday Nov 2020

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Drug Stores, Neon Signs, Springville, utah, utah county, Vintage Signs

SOS Drug has long been an icon of Springville, Utah. From their great ice cream to the classic vintage neon sign above downtown main street they are well known and loved.

216 South Main Street inĀ Springville, Utah

Tres Hombres Vintage Moving Sign

25 Wednesday Nov 2020

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Moving Signs, Vintage Signs

Tres Hombres Mexican Grill and Cantina has a really cool old vintage sign that moves back and forth, it was from the previous business but thankfully they modified it and kept it around.

The sign was previously for CarpeTowne. It had Phil, Dan and Andy holding rolls of carpet.

3298 Highland Dr, Millcreek/Salt Lake.

Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop

23 Monday Nov 2020

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Neon Signs, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, utah, Vintage Signs

Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop
319 East South Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This shop opened in 1941 and has been a classic in Salt Lake ever since, the vintage neon signs really stand out.

This post by preservationutah says:
If longevity is any measure of the success of a business, then Mrs. Backers Pastry Shop must surely be one of the most successful businesses in Utah. The pastry shop’s story began in 1922 when Gerhard Backer moved his family to America from Germany. Upon arriving in Salt Lake City, Gerhard opened the West High Bakery, and for 15 years, the Backer family worked and lived in the bakery at 165 North 200 West.

Gerhard, according to Marty Backer, specialized in baking bread. But his son, Martin, sought to explore more creative products. So, in 1939, the 21-year-old returned to Germany to attend bakery school. While in Germany, Martin was offered a commission in the S.S. His refusal caused resentment among the Nazi military, and Martin became a fugitive in his home country. Like so many others, Martin had to escape Germany—and Europe—eventually returning to Salt Lake City. Upon his return, he proclaimed: ā€œI’m mighty glad and proud to be an American citizen. Otherwise, I might be in a German trench or a Nazi concentration camp.ā€

Not long after his return, the Backers opened a ā€œtea roomā€ at 434 East South Temple. At the time, bakeries, per se, were prohibited in residential neighborhoods, and attempts by other bakeries to do so had even been met with protests by neighborhood residents. ā€œCity ordinances would not permit a bakery at that location,ā€ remarked the Salt Lake Tribune, ā€œbut would allow a tea room or cafe, which are permitted to bake their own pastries. Mr. Backer promised the place would not engage in the baking of bread or any wholesale business.ā€ If your math serves you well, that was over 70 years ago. And the Backer family has been selling all manner of baked delicacies from that location ever since, making it a fixture on South Temple, even as the street has changed dramatically.

4907 S Poplar St

21 Saturday Nov 2020

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Neon Signs, Vintage Signs

4907 South Poplar Street inĀ Murray, Utah

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Sands Motel

09 Monday Nov 2020

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Neon Signs, St George, utah, Vintage Motels, Vintage Signs, Washington County

581 East St George Blvd inĀ St. George, Utah

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