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Arizona Signs (page 4)

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El Trovatore Motel
Kingman, AZ		 Arcadia Lodge
Kingman, AZ
The El Trovatore Motel was built in 1939 as the El Trovatore Court. These signs were restored in 2012. The tower sign is 100 feet tall. For more, see this website. [map]

The Arcadia Lodge was built around 1938 as the Arcadia Court. This sign looks like it from the 1950s or 1960s. [map]

Kingman Club
Kingman, AZ		 Hill Top Motel
Kingman, AZ
The Kingman Club opened in 1944. This sign is probably from the 1950s. This photo is from 2012. In 2015, new owners restored the sign's neon and bulbs. [map]

The Hill Top Motel was built in 1954 and this sign is probably from then. The sign was repainted around 2009. This daytime photo is from 2012. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [night photo from 2006 thanks Glenda Campbell] [map]

Lo's Chinese Restaurant
Kingman, AZ		 Desert Drugs
Kingman, AZ
The Lo's Chinese Restaurant sign is probably from the 1950s or 1960s. Half of the yellow plastic ball on top of the sign is gone now. I believe the restaurant is closed. [map]

This Desert Drugs sign was built in the 1940s. When the drug store was demolished in 2003, the sign was put in storage. In 2018, the sign was restored by Legacy Signs and installed near its original location. [map]

Packard
Kingman, AZ		 OK Used Cars
Kingman, AZ		 entering El Trovatore
Kingman, AZ
This Packard sign is believed to be from about 1930. As part of a Route 66 Association of Kingman project, this sign was restored and installed in 2016 at the former Old Trails Garage where it was hung last. The sign had been in storage for decades. It had been installed at two other locations in Kingman before it was moved to the Old Trails Garage. For more, see this website. [map]

This OK Used Cars sign is from around 1960. It was restored and installed at Dunton Motors in 2016. These signs were mass-produced by Chevrolet. For more, see this website. [map]

The Entering El Trovatore sign was built around 1936 and installed at the new roadway that cut through El Trovatore Hill. The sign was removed in the late 1940s. The Mohave Museum of History & Arts donated the sign to the Route 66 Association of Kingman. The sign was then restored by Legacy Signs & Iron and hung on the side of the sign shop's building in 2017. For more, see this website. [map]

former King's Arms Restaurant
Kingman, AZ
2012: 2017: 2021:
The King's Arms Restaurant sign was built when the restaurant opened in the early 1960s. Later, the sign's shield was replaced with a cocktail glass. The sign advertised for the ABC Buffet for many years. In 2016, the sign was repainted for the India Spice-N-Bar. By 2021, the sign had been adapted for La Catrina Restaurant. The tip of the spear had been removed to look more like a drink stirrer. For more, see this website. [map]

More Kingman:
Cerbat Lanes
Hotel Beale
Uptown Drug

Jarman Shoes
Miami, AZ		 Bracker's Department Store
Nogales, AZ		 Coffee Ern's
Parker, AZ
These Jarman Shoes signs must have been mass-produced but this is the only one I have seen. The neon below the sign apparently alternated between Eddie's and Edlen's. I assume the name of the store was Eddie Edlen's. [map]

The Bracker's Department Store was established in 1924. These signs are from the 1950s. In 2017, it was announced that the store would be closing. In 2018, the facade sign was removed and reportedly going to Robert M. Bracker Elementary School in Nogales. The vertical neon sign remains. [map]

Coffee Ern's opened in 1968 and this sign is probably from then. In 2021, the text panel was missing. [map]

Burro Jim Motel
Aguila, AZ (now Prescott, AZ)
2012: 2019:
The Burro Jim Motel opened in the early 1950s and this sign is probably from then. The sign was restored around 2011. In 2013, the sign was sold to the Cortez Street Emporium in Prescott where it is displayed inside. The burro has a two-part animated ear and tail. I believe both ears were animated originally. For more, see this website.

Navajo Lodge
Prescott, AZ		 Ironclad Bicycles
Prescott, AZ
The Navajo Lodge sign was originally installed in Prescott. It is believed to have been built in 1948. This sign is also located inside the Cortez Street Emporium antiques store now.

Ironclad Bicycles was established in 1992. This sign looks like it was repurposed from another business. It is somewhat similar to this Launderama sign. [map]

Hassayampa
Inn
Prescott, AZ		 Hotel St. Michael
Prescott, AZ		 Lloyd's Liquors
Prescott, AZ		 Prescott Valley
Motel [gone]
Prescott Valley, AZ
The Hassayampa Inn opened as the Hassayampa Hotel in 1927. This sign is probably a refurbished original. The hotel was named after the Hassayampa River north of town. [map]

The Hotel St. Michael was built in 1901. This sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

Lloyd's Liquors opened in 1972. This sign appears to be from then. For more, see this website. [map]

The Prescott Valley Motel opened in 1967. In 2019, the motel was demolished in order to build a Circle K. The sign was removed in 2020 and put in storage for possible future display.

More Prescott:
Birdcage Saloon

Quartzsite:
RV Pitstop

Farmers Insurance [gone]
Safford, AZ		 H.A. Waters Shoe Store [gone]
Safford, AZ
This Farmers Insurance sign was one of only a handful left that were used all across the country and still on public display. It was removed by 2018 and replaced with a modern plastic sign for Farmers.

The H.A. Waters Shoe Store was established in 1915. It moved to this location in 1921. It was also known as the Lightning Shoe Shop. The store began selling Red Goose shoes around 1937. These Red Goose Shoes signs were mass-produced but they are very rare now. The shoe store closed in 2016 and this sign was removed then.

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