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Missouri Signs (page 7)

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Belmont
Furniture
House
St. Clair, MO		 Stag Beer
St. James, MO
The Belmont Furniture House sign is probably from the 1930s or 1940s. The store is gone but the sign remains. [map]

These Stag Beer signs were mass-produced. This one is installed at Johnnie's Bar which opened in the 1960s. The building didn't house a bar before that so the 1950s-looking sign must have come from somewhere else. [map]

More St. Clair:
Arch Motel [vintage; gone]

More St. James:
Murdon Concrete Products

St. John:
McCarty Studio [gone]

Wing Printing
St. Joseph, MO		 Womach Motors
St. Joseph, MO
The Wing Printing Co. was established in 1912. This sign is probably from the 1940s or 1950s. [map]

Womach Motors opened in 1961 and this sign is probably from then. [map]

Modern Cleaners
St. Joseph, MO		 American
Electric Co.
St. Joseph, MO		 IBEW Electrical Workers
St. Joseph, MO

Modern Cleaners opened in the 1950s. This sign is probably from the 1960s. [map] American Electric Co. sells wholesale electrical equipment and supplies. This sign was moved here from the company's 3rd St. location in 2017 when it was converted into lofts. The sign looks like it was built in the 1950s and most likely had neon originally. [map]

This IBEW Electrical Workers union office is still located here. This sign is probably from the 1950s. [map]

Don Bisig's Barber Shop
St. Joseph, MO
2010: 2024:

Don Bisig's Barber Shop opened in 1962. Around 2018, the business closed and the sign was removed. In 2020, the sign was adapted for the Gentleman's Chair Barber Shop and reinstalled. For more, see this website. [map]

Bucket
Shop [gone]
St. Joseph, MO		 Terrible's
Casino [gone]
St. Joseph, MO		 Pony Express Motel
St. Joseph, MO
The Bucket Shop restaurant had been around since at least the 1940s. This sign was probably from the 1950s. Around 2009, a new owner renamed the place Little Boudreaux's Bucket Shop. At that point, the sign was restored and the wording was changed slightly. This photo is from 2010. By 2013, the business and sign were gone. For more, see this website.

Terrible's Casino opened in 1994. I assume this sign was from then. This photo was taken in 2010. The place is now known as the Frontier Casino and this sign is gone. There was another sign like this one at the Terrible's Casino in Osceola, IA.

The Pony Express Motel sign has been through a few iterations over the years. I believe the motel was built around 1960. In the early 1960s, the sign was half this size. A panel with the name of the motel was located beneath the galloping horse. The sign was rebuilt in the mid-1960s to its current look. For a while, there was a Best Western logo on top of the sign. The motel was demolished in 2006 for a shopping center. The sign was saved, restored, and installed in 2008 at the Pony Express Museum in town. St. Joseph is where the Pony Express began. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

Speedy's Convenience
St. Joseph, MO
There are at least eight of these Speedy's Convenience stores around St. Joseph, all featuring these animated, galloping neon racehorse signs. The signs shown here are from two different locations. These Speedy's stores are located at Sinclair gas stations. [2420 Frederick map]; [4007 Frederick map]; [Mitchell map]; [S. Belt Hwy. map]; [2221 N. Belt Hwy. map]; [2317 N. Belt Hwy. map]; [Messanie map]

More St. Joseph:
Chet's Barber Shop
Gold-N-Glaze Donut
Olympia Lanes [gone]
Reddy Kilowatt
Snow White Drive-in Restaurant [vintage; gone]
St. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric [vintage; gone]
St. Joseph Fuel Oil Co. [gone]
Wright's Jewelry Co. [gone]
Yellow Cab Co. [gone]

Stanberry:
Farmers State Bank
GE Appliances [gone]

Stewartsville:
Starlite Country Plaza [gone]

Shamrock Court
Sullivan, MO		 Hy-Vee
Tarkio, MO
The Shamrock Court was built around 1947. In the early 1970s, the motel rooms became apartments. In 2021, restoration of the buildings began. The motel is expected to reopen in 2025. This replica of the original sign was built and installed in 2022. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

This Hy-Vee grocery store opened here by 1953. This sign might be from around then. The background was originally painted blue. There is another sign like this in Leon, IA. There was another in Unionwille, MO. [map]

Ray-Noble Liquor
Thayer, MO
The Ray-Noble Liquor signs are probably from the 1950s. There is neon tubing spelling out "COLD BEER" over the "LIQUOR" letters which indicates that this was a flashing sign originally. For more, see this website. [map]

5 & 50 Drive-in
Tipton, MO		 Chevrolet and Buick signs
Tipton, MO
The 5 & 50 Drive-in has been here since at least the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map]

These Chevrolet and Buick signs are installed at the Hainen used car dealership. This was previously the Hainen Chevrolet and Buick dealership. The signs are protected by plexiglass. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

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