I’m ridiculously behind in my blog and Flickr homework at this point.  I just finished the shooting for on Day 7 and the dogs and I are in Boise, ID for the night.  We’re way ahead of schedule and I’m almost hoping for a crappy weather day so I can get some sleep and catch up with things.  But the forecast for tomorrow is more wonderful sun.

Let me see what I can accomplish tonight then.  I just had a Starbucks Grande and that should keep me up til 2am.  Coffee is my wonder drug — reserved for special and dire occasions.

Back in Utah — seems like ages already.  This was in Elberta — way off the beaten track.  I think it was probably a Sinclair gas station but I wouldn’t bet a week’s pay on it.  It could have been someone’s nostalgic project with replica pumps, etc.  — maybe even done in the 1980s and then faded into believability by now:

 

From Orem — mid-century quonset hut?  Does anyone know what was here originally?

 

From Lehi — the Broadbent’s Quilt Shop — still in biz:

 

This sign is at Ace Vacuum World in Midvale.  I had a long chat with the owner and hopefully persuaded him to keep the sign and not to sell it:

 

From Magna — another painted advert alley sign.  Pretty sure it’s vintage — not a recreation:

 

On to Salt Lake City for the rest of this blog post. This strange dome is attached to a normal looking building which now houses Ditta Caffe at 1560 East 3300 South.   Possible greenhouse but from the tube-like tunnel connecting it at the left to the restaurant, I doubt it:

 

A former House of Pies — see the bottom of my page here for info & photos:
http://www.agilitynut.com/eateries/ca8.html

 

A rare “spinner sign” (as far as I know, there’s no official name).  The two arms spun in opposite directions.  Here’s a video of one that I shot in New Jersey:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/5541804390/

 

Dirk’s opened in 1966 — this giant rooftop sign must be from then:

 

I have no idea what business was here originally — but I’m glad to see this sign still dramatically in use:

 

I can’t think of any other sign anywhere that combines a faux wooden fence and an amoeba shape:

 

This has got to be one of the oldest signs in SLC.  The place opened in 1929 and I believe the sign is from then.

There’s a sign shop tag on the side of sign cabinet for YESCO which is still one of the biggest companies out West (Utah, Idaho, Nevada, etc.)  Most of these tags have been painted over:

The panels are made from ripple tin — which held paint better, rusted less, and enabled the sign shop to use a thinner & lighter material than the standard solid steel panels:

I don’t know why the “Cleaners” text apparently never had neon.  There are also two “skeleton” signs in the windows:

 

One more night shot for you to close out this batch:

 

Off to work on Day 4’s post now — stay tuned.

 

It seems I’m impossibly behind with the blog & Flickr.  But I will try to do a little catching up here and there.  If it rains or I get sucky weather, I’ll dig in at the computer to get out of this rut.  Tonight, I’m in Ogden — on the night of day 4.   Things are going very well and I should start the Idaho portion of the trip tomorrow.  But right now — let’s get back to the very recent past.

Let’s start out with this batch from Beaver:

I’m thinking that star or snowflake was probably a later add-on — and who know what color the sign was originally:

 

Another one from Beaver — multi-media with multi details:  flag, fonts, plastic and neon:

 

This painted wooden sign hangs in front of Beaver Sport & Pawn:

 

Like so many theatres in small town America, the Beaver Theatre has been closed for a while with ever-changing businesses in the wings:

 

Moving on to Milford:

Next door to the hotel:

 

A really interesting faded double layer of paint.  It appears the green was first:

 

Some signs from Cedar City:

I’m betting the lights on top flashed — maybe even the bulbs around the sign panels as well:

 

On to Fillmore — nice painted wood pair of pizza chefs flippin’ pizzas:

 

There was neon and better graphics originally — but this is still cute, nevertheless.  The character was probably meant to be yawning and stretching but it looks more like he’s about to box with someone:

 

From Salina.  I actually bought two slices of pie — one for then and one for the next day.  But Nik got the chocolate cream and left me with the cherry pie.  Long story but a cop had parked behind me to complain that I wasn’t all the way over inside the white line.  I explained that I only was taking a photo but then on impulse, ran inside to get the pie.  Anyhow, the cop let me go after many long minutes on his cruiser radio — but I paid a heavy price!  Nik had chocolate all over his face so it was clear who the culprit was.  For a nearly blind dog, his sense of smell has been escalated.  He normally rides in the very back of the van — but he’s been up front most of the day now waiting for me to screw up again.

 

From Gunnison:

 

From Mount Pleasant.  I assume this is “real” (vintage not reconstructed or fantasy) — way up high on the top of a building:

 

A trifecta from downtown Helper:

Another corner in Helper:

A strange mix of tile and cinderblock:

 

From Price — a cheap overlay on the face of the silver dollar has mostly peeled away:

 

Last one for the night — the Commercial Club from Duchesne.  The bottom reads “Sportsman’s Hdqtrs”:

 

After Duchesne, it was a long, long mountainous drive back to civilization (Richfield for the night).  I think I answered a few emails and cropped a few photos before passing out.

I’ll try to get another post out tomorrow night.
Take care,

dj

Hot.  Hot. Hot.  Besides the stunning scenery, that was the theme of the day.  At 9am in Vegas, it was already 90 degrees.  I think I saw 105 later on someplace in SW Utah.   I saw plenty of locals out running and playing football in this heat.

I’ve been debating about whether to blog or not to blog during trips.  But for tonight anyway, I have the stamina.  So, let’s have at it and start the photo marathon in Baker with this photo from Baker, CA.  The building on the right has a Stuckey’s-like roof — matched in the sign itself.  Closed since forever:

 

On to New York City, er, I mean Las Vegas.  I was just here a couple of weeks ago but had a few things on my list that I wasn’t able to get to.

 

I stumbled upon a stash of signs just south of Cashman Center.  The Neon Museum has lots of stuff in storage in “undisclosed locations” — so this must be one of them:

 

I don’t know when this was built — but it looks 1970s to me.  It’s hard to believe it hasn’t been demo-ed & replaced by now.  Vegas is all about that.  The steakhouse inside it was evidently used for the movie “Casino” starring DeNiro, Pacino, etc.

 

A few more photos from Nevada — this one is in Overton:

 

From Mesquite — I love the radiator part.  That’s a faded Ford sign at the top:

 

This one is right next door.   The teddy bear or fat mouse holding the ice cream must indicate this was a restaurant or ice cream stand — but the place is all storage-y now.

 

One more from Mesquite:

 

On to Utah now!  This one is in St. George:

 

This photo is from Ivins.  I was there to shoot the horse statues for my website’s “Giant Animals” section.  But I left some landscape in this shot for ya.  It looks totally fake, doesn’t it?  Like a mini diorama.  It might be a good time to mention that all the photos in my blog are “clickable” (clicking on them opens them to a larger photo):

 

This is just across the Utah border in Fredonia, AZ:

 

There are lots of sign “treasures” in Kanab — including this one with the neat light bulb thing.  Scary clouds in the distance but they didn’t come our way:

 

Another one from Kanab:  a well-protected (plastic over the neon) sign:

 

From Mount Carmel:

 

From Hatch.  I’d love to find a vintage postcard to see what the original colors were:

 

A strangely adapted Best Western sign in Hatch.  Is that a mountain and a bridge?

 

Two unusual scaffold type signs from the Purple Sage Motel in Panguitch.  The main sign (not shown) was a boring plastic sign — so maybe it’s not even the original name.  Here’s a nice sign on the office roof:

And on the roof of the motel building itself:

 

Tucked away in an alley in Panguitch so the sun hasn’t faded it all that much — or they did a very nice understated job of restoring it.  Usually these painted wall signs are garishly overpainted and then… what’s the point?  No history or character left (in my opinion).

 

Two more from Panguitch:

 

Did they really have to tacky-fy this sign with those plastic “crusing” and “Rte 66” add-ons?  Gawd…

 

Last two for this post from Bicknell where I ran out of daylight.  Way up on top of the otherwise boring Aquarius Motel sign.  I’ve never seen one of these light thingies in action.  I believe they didn’t spin but the lights were lit sequentially.  Sure to catch the attention of passing motorists and low flying planes!

 

These plastic stick-on-letters signs are really growing on me.  Does anyone remember Colorforms?  They were stick-on vinyl people or parts of people that you could stick on a board, move the pieces around.  I had a bunch of those sets as a kid — including alphabets — which is what these signs are reminding me of now.  I’m thinking probably same era of development.  I also love the random, remaining bulbs on this sign:

 

I can’t promise a post tomorrow night — but I’ll try!

dj

Alright — here’s the final post from this trip.

The Normandie Motel was demolished more than 10 years ago.  This sign was saved and restored by The Sign Museum.  Here’s a shot of the sign at the “Boneyard” before they restored it:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/5803488114

The sign is now in the median north of the Fremont Experience — as part of the National Scenic Byways Program:

 

This guy is on Fremont St. at the Downtown Container Park.  He’s pretty impressive at night which I didn’t get to see.  He throws flames from his antennae:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pidCNqcO1ss

This mantis is 35 feet long and is installed on the roof of a car.  It came from the Burning Man Festival:

 

Two great signs from the Western Hotel:

 

Sad but magnificent:

 

The Peter Pan Motel is long closed but the sign was restored a few years ago.  There was a sign there this weekend saying that the motel is being converted into senior apartments:

 

This sign is reportedly 123 feet tall:

Mesmerizing at night:

 

One of my fave signs in town:

 

Last photo for this post.  The Ambassador Motel is long gone and this sign was pretty skanky and endangered.  Luckily, it was restored & adapted for the Life is Beautiful festival last year:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/21/joe-downtown-motel-long-gone-ambassador-sign-being/

 

The dogs and I will be back on the road real soon.  June 7 – 22.  Two weeks!  We’ll be heading to Utah.  If things go well, we’ll be making some stops in Idaho as well.  I’m not sure how much I’ll be blogging & Flickring during the trip.  Maybe I’ll hang on to everything until I get back & fire off daily posts & Flickr uploads like I did for this trip.

Don’t forget — lots of photos from this trip over at Flickr where I post the “purty-er” stuff:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/

dj

 

Ready for Round Two of this Vegas trip?  Let’s skip the chat & get right to it.  You can assume all these beauties are from Vegas unless I say otherwise:

 

 

 

 

I’m not sure this one is vintage.  The design seems a little off to me:

 

This one’s a killer.  Those little neon stars on the right take my breath away.  Surely, they were lit sequentially once upon a time:

 

I hit this water kiosk and many others on this trip.  The dogs could only run for about 10 minutes in this heat.  Then, I’d have to douse them with the water jugs.  Lots of irritating stickers in their feet, too.  Nice to come home to fog on Monday afternoon!

 

This one would have had neon originally:

 

Another wondrous sign with stars.  Sparkle says “hi” — peeking in at the bottom of this photo.  372,700 miles and running just fine despite the abuse of this trip:

 

This sign was originally at the Silver Slipper Hotel & Casino in Vegas — moved about 100 miles away here to Beatty:

 

Back in Vegas — the light was not right but here it is:

 

I believe this is the last of these vintage signs:

 

And last stop for this post — at the Gold Strike Casino in Jean.  This is one of two statues that were originally part of the Lucky Strike Club sign in Vegas:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54177448@N00/179456104/

 

I’ll get the final day’s post off to you tonight or tomorrow.

dj & the dogs

 

I took advantage of the three-day Memorial Day weekend and got out of California for a bit.  I was up until midnight shooting neon in Vegas so I didn’t do any blogging or Flickring afterwards.  Then, after 100 degree plus heat all day on Sunday, I was absolutely drained & didn’t do my “homework” then either.  Monday, even though I left for home early in the day, I was stuck in traffic for 7 hours.  That did me in.  So, I’ve pretty much decided to start doing the Flickr & blog thing from home on future trips from now on.  Sure, it doesn’t have the excitement of “day-of” uploading — but it would really be nice to sleep & possibly meet some folks while I’m on the road.

Anyway — let’s get rolling since I have to catch up on three days of picture-taking.  Saturday was crappy-grey most of the day.  I’ve plucked some photos for this post which were not as dismal as the rest.  Luckily, Sunday and Monday were gorgeous full sun to make up for it.

This super tall sign is visible from the interstate in Yermo, CA — but points to nothing:

 

The long abandoned Roadrunner’s Retreat is located in the middle of nowhere desert in East Amboy.  There are still a couple of signs & buildings left.  I don’t know if there was a motel component at one time.

The cafe is in the background of this former gas station:

 

This one is from Boulder City, NV.  It was previously Nevada Drug — now a realtor down below.  But it appears they restored and are keeping the sign.  Here’s an older photo of the sign:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vegasvic/7808108000

 

This sign is in Henderson, NV.  It’s massive — maybe 25 feet tall.  I saw another one of this same style in Vegas but it was maybe half the size:

 

Also from Henderson.  Love the Wild West font style:

 

From Jean, NV.  I don’t know if this awesome sign is “authentic” or a reproduction.  Great either way:

 

On to Vegas now for the rest of this post.  A fun modern sign:

 

Another great modern sign at a big beer distributor.  Huge — at least 30 feet tall:

 

One more modern sign (not to worry — lots of vintage stuff tomorrow).  Huge & great animation.

Here’s a quickie video I shot of this sign:

 
I’ll get a post with some Sunday photos up tomorrow.  In the meantime, there are other photos from today over at Flickr here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/

dj

Finally — here’s the post for Sunday’s adventures.  Life — and work — got in the way.

Let’s start off in Manteca with what appears to be a former Best Western Motel sign.  The crown sign is above the plastic sign for the Taqueria Nayarit.  It would seem the sign has always been here from the motel-looking buildings behind the restaurant.  Here’s what the sign would have looked like originally before the bulbs were removed and it was repainted:
http://www.agilitynut.com/12/5/spbw.jpg

 

Back to Stockton for some more shooting.  This was originally the Stockton Motor Lodge:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edge_and_corner_wear/10061094455/

The sign’s been altered a bit but the building still has the original colors and rocks:

 

In the heart of downtown.  Black vitrolite glass tile facade and a neon sign.  I’m betting the window design was a little more glamorous originally:

 

From another flower shop downtown:

 

This sign is at the attached cocktail lounge of the Americana Inn:

 

This sign was previously painted a rusty-brown.  I’m betting it was a brown wood grain paint job originally:

 

And on to Sacramento.  This sign is perched above what is now Sim’s Diner:

 

A funky building and sign.  I’ll shoot just about any donut sign.  If you’re crazy about them, too, I have a big section about them at my website here:
http://www.agilitynut.com/sca/donuts.html

The woman in the window ducked down when I raised my camera:

 

I was saddened to discover that the Orange Freeze, established in 1946,  has now become a fried chicken place.  At least the building is still there.   Here’s my photo of the place from 2008:

And now:

 

The fun A&A Carpet sign.  Note the little plastic signs below shaped like rolls of carpet:

 

A pretty plastic sign:

 

This Fox & Goose sculpture is installed in front of the Fox & Goose Public House (pub style bar & restaurant).  It was created by Dick Ratcliff and installed here around 2011.

I tried to use this as a photo-opportunity with the dogs but the sun wasn’t helpful and the bronze was hot.  Fix, the light brown striped dog, is now more than 14 years old.  She is SO over these photo-taking sessions and would clearly rather be napping:

 

The Capitol Bowl in West Sacramento got rid of its nice neon sign a few years ago.  I believe it was due to pressure from the city to get rid of “unsightly” signs during a big redevelopment push:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/25557965/

The building at that time was fairly drab but it had a little neon as well:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/47523220/

But I guess the city approved of this new design — with neon letters and a giant pin.  I guess vintage is ugly — but retro is fine?  I really don’t get it.  Depressing.

 

But let’s move on — to Walnut Grove:

And one last shot from a gas-up on the way home at a Sinclair station in Lodi.  You don’t see many Sinclair stations OR Sinclair dinosaurs in California.  In fact, the only dinosaur that I can think of is at a shoe store in San Francisco.  Photos & info about these statues at my website here:
http://www.agilitynut.com/dinos/sinclair.html

The next mini roadtrip will be Memorial Day weekend when the dogs and I will be heading to Vegas.  In the meantime, don’t forget about the sampling of photos I’ve posted over at Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/activity

And if you haven’t been to my website in a while, you might want to pay a visit to see the tons of stuff to the various California sections (and throughout the other sections which aren’t broken down by state) in the past year and a half.

Happy trails,

dj

OK — time to play catch-up!  Normally, I post to this blog when I’m on the road.  But this time, I was busy Saturday night getting lots of neon-at-night shots.  After cropping and tweaking, just as I was ready to post after midnight, my internet connection got glitchy.  I took it as a cue to get some rest.  Just as well — Sunday was a killer.  I got loads of shooting in.  After wrapping up the Stockton area, I moved on to Sacramento and got half of that list done.  Then it was time for the five hour drive home.  Ugh.  So, I’ll get this post in now and, hopefully, the other one later tonight or tomorrow.

I started the day in Exeter.  I’ve shot other Frosty King locations in Central California — but none of them have had this male-symbol sign.

Just a few years ago, the place had a cuter metal walk-up canopy:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessiekeller/5008755821/

This is a little more modern & drab — but spotless and probably draws in more customers:

 

On to Fresno for a few more things that I needed to reshoot in better light.  Here was a sign I never noticed before.   A tree forced this arty shot.  Note the two-part animated neon arrow on the left.  It was lit in 2008 but I don’t know if it still is these days:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/406510213/

 

Another Fresno sign that I’d not seen before.  I assumed that this was an adapted sign.  But now I’m not so sure.  From poking around on-line, I found that Jensen & Pilegard, which has been around since 1937, promoted their business as a seeds & feeds place.  So, the neon chicken might make sense:

 

A quick “hi” from two of my companions.  Grem had a busy morning chasing two cats  — much to my chagrin.  Nik is her ever tolerant bean bag chair:

 

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of repurposed Winchell’s Donut House signs here in California.  However, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of the buildings with this roof feature intact.  I believe this puts it at early 1970s.  I think the color scheme has always been this perky yellow:

 

On to Turlock.  This is now a furniture store but the sign has apparently been moved around to the side of the building:

 

From Riverbank — a cute wooden Chinese take-out container sign:

 

From Oakdale.  This sign at Gillman’s Frosties sure seems like it would scare away the customers rather than entice them!  I guess those striations on the burger are meant to represent steam?

 

Also in Oakdale — the H-B Saloon which is next door to the Cowboy Museum.  I assume these letters are meant to represent a “H-Bar-B” cattle brand.  Whether that was a fictitious name or a real one, I don’t know.

 

Up into the hills for a bit — this one from San Andreas:

 

From Plymouth — land of many vineyards.  This Doggie Diner head is at the Vino Noceto Winery.  It’s been there for years and was refurbished about a year and a half ago.  I wanted to get some shots of the kids with him.  But I was a bit hesitant after the cat-chasing escapade earlier in the day.  During a nice little park run, Grem & Griz took off after a couple of cats and disappeared out of sight.  Griz (dog #1 on left) came back pretty much right away.  But Grem (dog #2) was missing about 5 long minutes and came back with a short-lived limp.  Also, during my posing for this photo, there were elegantly dressed wine & cheese tasters less than 20 feet away and I didn’t want things to go awry.  So, I left the leashes on and made it quick.

Photos & info about these Doggie Diner signs/heads at the bottom of my webpage here:
http://www.agilitynut.com/critters/dogs2.html

 

On to Lodi — this classy Art Deco number is from the former Imperial Hotel:

 

And now on to Stockton for the remainder of this post.  This pair of signs are at the same location:

 

The Hotel Fair is not the kind of hotel that you’d want to stay at.  Apparently, low income housing.  Downtown Stockton is pretty rough — but I’m quite comfortable in the worst of places.  That’s where the good stuff is that hasn’t been overrun with new businesses and development:

 

More downtown signs:

 

A swell car wash sign west of downtown:

 

The Lincoln Center shopping center sign (yes, the Lincoln Highway runs through Stockton).  I took a quickie video of this sign so that you can see the revolving sign.  It has neon on this side and scintillating bulbs on the other side.  Here’s my Flickr photo of the bulb side with the YouTube video link on the right:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/14122078073/

 

Okay, that’s a wrap for right now.  Don’t forget some of my other photos at Flickr from Saturday:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/

I’ll start working on Sunday’s photos tonight and hopefully get that post up real soon.

dj

This was just a one-day trip but I got loads of good photos.  I got a little night-neon shooting in on Friday & Saturday night before zipping home.  Nik’s eye pressure checked out fine.  We’ll be back in three months for another $48 15-second test.  More outrageous prices:  the cost of gas here is now $4.20 a gallon — for the cheap stuff!

Let’s start with a couple shots from Friday night.  Here’s Al’s Bar in San Gabriel:

 

From Santa Monica:

 

Stalling for the vet appointment Saturday morning — time for some signs from nearby Los Angeles:

 

Here are a few other signs I’ve passed dozens of times near the vet’s office but never shot.  These beer mugs must have been mass-produced. There was another one just like it in Daggett, CA (gone now):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/route66_aout-sept2010/5581616363/

I’m betting all three of these signs were installed at different times.  The bigger sign appears to be the oldest with those Art Deco style corners.  It surely had neon and a far nicer paint job originally:

 

Another oldie with nice jiggity edges — and a great freestanding arrow.  I’ve got a Flickr group for these neon “extensions” that you might enjoy perusing:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/neonextensions

Although it’s been repainted countless times, you can still make out the “ripple tin” panels that were used to build it.  [clicking on photos at my blog makes them bigger]  As Paddy Rowell of Flexlume Signs explained to me awhile back, the crimping was not just a decorative thing.  The sign maker could use a lighter metal since the crimping strengthened it.  Paint also stuck to the crimped panels better than flat ones.

 

A sun-bleached oldie from Gardena:

The non-sunny side shows the colors better:

A fun sign on the side of the building.  Missing some plastic but those neon notes are incredible, no?

 

Also in Gardena — Majestic Lighting.  This crown is wonderfully curved and I think the M might be (or was) backlit.  How appropriate for a lighting place!

 

It’s hard to work around these towering palm trees in California sometimes!  The Don is in Wilmington:

 

The Maya Shoe Repair is in Santa Monica:

More signs in the wonderful storefront.  The interior is incredibly vintage as well:

 

Front yard adornment in Lakewood.  I don’t know the story — but it appears to be carved from the former tree.  Apparently, meant to be Venus de Milo — but kind of an alien-like face:

 

Yes, in Norwalk:

 

Some bad news — the Dal Rae replaced their neon with backlit plastic earlier this year.   They also rebuilt the parking sign with all plastic in-the-style-of the original (ugh).  Here’s one of my photos from 2012:

And now:

 

Over to San Bernardino (it was a busy day!!).  What can I say – I’ve used the word “wonderful” too many times in this post already:

 

I finally shot this place that I’ve been passing — my namesake, after all:

 

I timed the end of the day to shoot the neon signs at Universal Studios CityWalk at dusk.  I’ve shot them during the day before and was able to negotiate with the parking attendant for a 20 minute freebie at curbside.  But the attendant there last night gave me no mercy and it cost me $10.  But I can finally check it off my list.  The vintage signs will all be uploaded to my website.  I also posted a few to Flickr just now.  But to close out this blog, I’ll give you one of the many modern signs (or at least I think it is!).  Is this racist or sexist or just fun?  Too bad the “SA” was out but the animation is fun.  I took a quickie video for you (turn your head sideways – sorry! – and turn your volume off!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIxlNTC2kg&feature=youtu.be

 

More photos from this trip over at Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/

 

The dogs and I will be back on the road in a couple of weeks.  Back up to the Stockton area.

Happy Easter!

Debra Jane

 

Just a quick “hi” to let you know about a neat little gallery thingie in Los Angeles for all you fans of bowling buildings & signs.  The opening was tonight and I toughed out the crazy rush hour weekend-getaway traffic to get my butt down there.  I didn’t have my “real” camera with me — but I took a few photos with my phone.  I lost my iPhone a couple of weeks ago and I don’t know how to use this new hotshot Samsung phone.  But I did what I could — after a glass of wine which lowered my techie capabilities even further.

I didn’t write down the facts of where things came from — so consider this as just “flavor” of the event and show:

Reproductions of matchbooks with bowling alley advertising:

The crowd.  At least two roadside “celebs” in this photo:  Chris Nicols (back to camera) who was the show’s curator — and Charles Phoenix (facing right):

 

Here are the details about the show if you’re interested or think you can make it.  It runs through May 11:
http://aplusd.org/exhibitions-future/bowlarama

and more:

http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2014/04/02/slide-show-bowlarama-at-the-architecture-and-design-museum

 

I’ll be back blogging next weekend with some L.A. area shooting.

dj