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St. Louis Signs (page 3)

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Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, MO
This Anheuser-Busch Brewery sign on the side of the building faces I-55. I don't know when the neon letters were installed. The 80-foot-wide mural with the team of Clydesdales was installed in 1968. In 2023, it was replaced with a new painted sign by Phil Jarvis. This photo is from 2024. [map]

Budweiser
St. Louis, MO
This Budweiser sign was built in 1953 by Artkraft-Strauss in New York for Anheuser-Busch. It was originally installed in Los Angeles, CA. It had more than 4,000 feet of neon and about 5,000 bulbs. The eagle has flapping wings and is 33 feet wide. When the sign was blocked by the construction of a new building in Los Angeles in 1962, it was moved next to I-64 in St. Louis. The sign went dark in 2021 and was restored in 2022. The bulbs and Budweiser text is now LED while the animated eagle is still lit with neon with over one mile of glass tubing. For more, see this website. [map]

Behrmann's Tavern
St. Louis, MO		 Dry Dock Tavern
St. Louis, MO

Sundecker's
St. Louis, MO		 Skip's Place Too [gone]
St. Louis, MO

Pat's Bar & Grill
St. Louis, MO

Trainwreck Saloon
St. Louis, MO
There are several of these Budweiser signs around town. They were produced by Kirn Signs. They are known as "V-9" signs: "V" for their two-face angular design and "9" for their nine-foot length. The Dry Dock Tavern sign was part of a "V-12" sign. The "12" indicated that the sign was 12 feet long. Sundecker's closed in 2014 but this sign remains. The photo of the Skip's Place Too sign is from 2010. That sign was moved to the Antique Warehouse in St. Louis and auctioned off in 2024. Anheuser-Busch was established in St. Louis in 1852. In 1876, the company introduced Budweiser beer. [Behrmann's map]; [Dry Dock map]; [Sundecker's map]; [Pat's map]; [Trainwreck map]

"Art of the Sign"
St. Louis, MO
These photos from 2012 are from the "Art of the Sign" exhibit at the Ars Populi gallery. The gallery, now known as Joe's Cafe Gallery, is operated by Bill Christman. The signs were on loan from various museums and private collections. A few of these signs are still there, as well as some others from Christman's collection.

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