Let’s start with this giant cow at the Crossroad Farms Dairy in Indianapolis. Three pages of this “left-leg-forward” type at my website here: https://www.roadarch.com/critters/cowsleft.html

The Mr. Bendo in Indianapolis which used to hold a muffler:

This giant Converse sneaker is in Columbus:

This Tiffany lamp is inside the more than amazing Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor from 1900 in Columbus:

This Poco the Oil Drop car is in Edinburgh:

Expo Bowl in Indianapolis (now a Royal Pin) has two giant pins and a nifty plastic sign:

This former Stuckey’s gas station & convenience store is in Edinburgh:

The Barton Tower apartment building is in Indianapolis:

The Oasis Diner, a 1954 Mountain View, is in Plainfield:

The Artcraft Theatre is in Franklin:

The closed Reed Drapery Service is in Indianapolis:

The former Wonder Bread plant sign is in Indianapolis:

This former Dog n Suds sign is in Indianapolis:

The Land o Nod Motel is in Franklin. The candle’s flame had two-part animation:

The Columbus Bar is in Columbus:

This sign in Columbus is from 1981:

This sign in Indianapolis remains a mystery. It is installed on the former G.C. Murphy department store building but I believe it came from somewhere else and was adapted:

This sign in Indianapolis was built and installed at the White Rabbit Cabaret in 2010:

This sign in Plainfield originally had a Superior Motel affiliation and a mass-produced plastic top panel like this one in Indianapolis:


This sign is at Mike’s Speedway Lounge in Indianapolis. It was obviously adapted from a previous business but, after much searching, I don’t know what it was:

Lastly, one of a few surviving and adapted Roselyn’s Bakery signs in Indianapolis. The sign would have looked similar to this one originally (minus the readerboard, with the little girl in the plastic panel on top). Vintage photo snagged from this webpage with the defunct bakery’s history: https://historicindianapolis.com/roselyn-bakeries/


Back soon with even more Indiana – about five more days worth.
Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs