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Kansas Signs (page 1)

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Trapp Pharmacy
Abilene, KS		 Co-Op
Alma, KS		 Bryant
Hardware [gone]
Arkansas City, KS
The Trapp Pharmacy sign appears to be from the 1940s or earlier. It is lit at night. For more, see this website. [map]

The Alma Co-Op Oil Association was established in 1949. This Co-Op gas station sign is probably from the 1960s. These signs were mass-produced throughout the Midwest but very are left. The plastic panels have been replaced but the unique sign poles remain. [map]

Bryant Hardware opened in 1870 and closed in 2009. This sign was gone by 2010. [photo thanks Glenda Campbell]

More Abilene:
Bankes Drug Store
Gibbs Liquor
Green Acres Bowl
Jeffcoat's Photography Studio

Arkansas City:
Daisy Mae's Cafe
Dillons Food Market

Westinghouse
Arlington, KS		 Red Hills Motel
Ashland, KS		 Porter Hotel
Beloit, KS		 Beloit
Motor Co. [gone]
Beloit, KS		 OK Used Cars [gone]
Cedar Vale, KS
This Westinghouse sign hangs above the Arlington Trading Co. These porcelain enamel signs were mass-produced. The letters on these signs are embossed. There are still a number of them around the country. [map]

The Red Hills Motel sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

The Porter Hotel was built in 1939. There was originally an L-shaped sign installed near the top of the building. In 1989, the building began housing the Porter Apartments. These signs were apparently built then and adapted or in 2004 when the name was changed to the Porter House Apartments. [map]

The Beloit Motor Co. sign was probably from the 1950s. Around 2011, it was removed and sold on eBay.

The OK Used Cars sign was installed at a former used car lot. This photo is from 2007. By 2009, the sign was gone. The "OK" trademark was developed by Chevrolet as a seal-of-approval for their used cars. For another example, see this one in Colusa, CA. [photo thanks Glenda Campbell]

Augusta:
Holiday Bowl

Belleville:
Kravmore Dinner Bell [vintage; gone]

Centralia:
Westinghouse Appliances & Goodyear [gone]

Masonic Lodge
Chanute, KS		 Clark Pharmacy [gone]
Cimarron, KS		 Sunrise Motel
Clay Center, KS
This Masonic Lodge sign is missing the glass globes that would have been backlit with these bulbs. Most of them were still there in 2014 but only one was left in 2018. I have never seen a square and compass frame like this before. Most Masonic signs with globes were vertical. In 2023, there were plans to replace the globes. For more, see this website. [map]

The Clark Pharmacy was established in 1939. The sign appeared to be a rebuilt replica. The store moved across the street in 2019. The sign appears to be gone. There is an identical sign in Minneola, KS. I don't know how old these signs are or if the stores were related in some way. I assume they were built by the same sign company. For more, see this website.

The Sunrise Motel had a simple box sign originally. This sign with a combination of neon and plastic panels is probably from the 1960s. The neon clock sign installed next to the office entrance is probably older. For more, see this website. [map]

Cedar Court Motel
Clay Center, KS
In the 1950s, the Cedar Court Motel sign had a neon panel in the middle of the neon-outlined tree reading "Cedar Court." Probably in the 1960s, the plastic restaurant panel was added to the top of the tree and the middle panel was replaced with the plastic panel for the motel. The horizontal signs on the adjoining restaurant building are probably from the 1950s. The "AMHA" stood for the American Motor Hotel Association. "KMA" must have been for a similar state-wide organization. For more, see this website. [map]

Weinberg's
Western Wear [gone]
Coffeyville, KS		 H.W. Read's
Coffeyville, KS		 Brown
Furniture Co.
Coffeyville, KS		 Main Street
Pharmacy
Coldwater, KS		 El Torero [gone]
Derby, KS
The Weinberg's Western Wear sign featured a neon cowboy with a lariat. The Weinberg's store is long gone but the sign remained. This photo is from 2010. By 2014, the sign was gone.

The H.W. Read's clothing store opened in the late 1800s. The store is lone gone but this sign remains. It was produced by Brinker Neon and is probably from the 1950s. [map]

The Brown Furniture Co. had opened by 1912. It closed in 2010 but this sign remains. The sign was produced by Brinker Neon of Coffeyville and is probably from the 1950s. [map]

The Main Street Pharmacy sign looks like it might be from the 1930s. It was originally installed in Protection, KS. At one time the pharmacies in Coldwater, Protection, and Ashland were "related." The sign was retrieved from storage and installed in Coldwater around 2003. The neon tubing holes were patched then. [map]

The El Torero restaurant is gone. This sign has been repainted for the Plaza Azul restaurant. The neon was removed but the bulb arrow is still there. [photo thanks Glenda Campbell]

Grandpa's Garage & Body Shop
De Soto, KS
These vintage Ford signs are displayed at Grandpa's Garage & Body Shop. They have been there since at least 2010. They were part of the collection of Dean Weller who passed away in 2021. These photos are from 2023. [map]

Thunderbird Motel
Dodge City, KS
2010: 2023:
The Thunderbird Motel was built in 1960 and this sign appears to be from then. For more, see this website. [map]

Bel-Air Motel [gone]
Dodge City, KS		 El Dorado Motel
El Dorado, KS
The Bel-Air Motel sign might be from the 1940s. This photo is from 2010. It was replaced with a plastic panel sign by 2012.

The El Dorado Motel signs are probably from the 1950s. [map]

More Dodge City:
Wardrobe Cleaners

Edna:
1st National Bank

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