Day 30: Indiana Wrap-Up

The last day of Indiana for this trip. Let’s start with the Jim Hipp Nursery in Haubstadt which has dozens of statues including these:

Also in Haubstadt — at the Weather Rock Campground which has about a dozen statues:

The Joe Palooka sculpture in Oolitic:

An Art Deco detail from the former Elks Lodge/now Grover Museum in Shelbyville:

The former Central Library in Evansville — now the Children’s Museum:

A former Biff-Burger in Evansville:

The former Whirlpool Employees Federal Credit Union in Evansville:

A Frosty Boy in New Palestine:

The long-closed Walnut Theatre in Lawrenceburg:

A sputnik-style sign at the Nick Nackery in Evansville. More about these signs at my website here: https://www.roadarch.com/sca/roto3.html#Brown

Wilson’s General Store & Cafe in Evansville closed around 2019 but the sign collection is still there. This sign came from Mt. Pleasant, TN:

This sign is in Versailles:

Smith Jewelry in Princeton has been closed/vacant for years but this sign remains:

The Expressway GM dealership in Mt. Vernon has a few vintage signs inside:

This sign is installed on the side of the Gerst Haus restaurant in Evansville:

This sign is in Greensburg. It looked prettier in green and when it had neon. I believe there was a different name at the bottom originally:

The Cork Liquors sign in Shelbyville is modern. The chain has only been around since 1982 and some of the other locations have these neon signs:

This was taken in horrible light with the sign directly behind. This pet shop in Evansville has five neon animals — probably modern. But the store was just bought out by a pet food chain and I’m fearful these signs will be removed:

I believe this sign in Evansville is from the 1950s:

Evans Motors in Evansville was established in 1978 but this sign is clearly earlier than that:

And lastly, another one from Evansville — at the Lewis Bakery which produces Bunny Bread, Sunbeam, Butternut, and other breads. Yes, this one operates at night– with sequentially lit ears: