Summer Trip – Day 8 / Eastern & Central Oregon

The day started in Pendleton, OR — so, here are a couple of other signs from there:

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This sign —

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… would have advertised Elgin Watches for a jewelry store originally like this one that I shot in Fort Madison, Iowa.  The customer could buy just the bottom panels with the clock and diamond — or the whole shebang with the blade sign:

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From Baker City — a nice plastic Elks Lodge sign.  These are rarer than the neon variety:

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Some more signs from Baker City:

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The bottom panels of this Coca-Cola sign are gone and those little plastic diamonds are starting to fall down inside:

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A better example of those plastic diamonds — my photo from Livingston, Montana:

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An Elks Lodge sign from John Day, OR:

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The Central Hotel in Burns:

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As you can see, the paint on the sunny side of the sign is nearly gone.  This side gives a better idea of the original Art Deco appearance:

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A few more signs from Burns:

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These arrow clocks were mass-produced in green and yellow.  Maybe there were other colors but I haven’t seen any others.  The examples that remain usually point downward rather than sideways like this one:

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Sorry about that damned tree:

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Running out of daylight in Chemult:

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Hardly any sun left in nearby Beaver Marsh but I’ll include this anyway.

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Cute little A-frame cabins behind that office building and chain link:

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One more shot for this post  — the Ross Ragland Theatre in Klamath Falls which was the final stop for the day:

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Two more posts to go from this trip — coming up in a few hours,

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