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| Southern Maid Donuts Shreveport, LA |
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| Southern Maid Donuts was founded in 1937 in Dallas, TX. This sign is outlined with green neon with red neon lettering. While the majority of the donuts are made in the early morning hours, customers can request hot donuts to be made on the spot after 4pm. There are many other locations in LA and TX. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. |
| Southern Maid Donuts Odessa, TX |
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| The Odessa Southern Maid Donuts has been here since 1955. There is a glass window where you can watch them make the donuts. They have another old location in town but the building and sign are not as nice. |
| Huck Finn Donuts Chicago, IL |
Donutville USA Dearborn, MI |
Paul's Bakery Van Buren, AR |
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| Huck Finn Donuts is open 24 hours and has two other locations in the Chicago area. This plastic sign appears to have been repaired with an updated, less artistic side at one point. Sorry about the angles of these photos: the sun was directly behind the sign. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
Donutville USA has been around since 1966. The sign and building appear to be original. This is their only location. Paul's Bakery combines the images of donut and baker. This sign apparently had neon at one time. I believe Paul's has been here since the 1950s. |
| Dawn Donuts [closed] Saginaw, MI |
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| Dawn Donuts Flint, MI |
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| Dunkin' Donuts former Dawn Donuts Jackson, MI |
Bell's Pizza House former Dawn Donuts East Lansing, MI |
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| Dunkin' Donuts former Dawn Donuts Battle Creek, MI |
Dawn Donuts Waterford, MI |
former Dawn Donuts Portage, MI |
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| Taste of India former Dawn Donuts Saginaw, MI |
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| Don's Donuts former Dawn Donuts Northwood, OH |
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Dawn Donuts started out as a bakery in 1920 in Jackson, MI. "Dawn" referred to the time that the bakers started working. There were at least 49 Michigan locations at one time. Dunkin' Donuts bought the chain in 1991. A few Dunkin' Donuts have kept the former Dawn buildings. The Dawn Donuts' wholesale component which focuses on bakery mixes is now known as Dawn Food Products.
The Saginaw, Flint, and Waterford locations are among the few remaining examples of the chain with the apparently mid-1960s building, sign and interior (counter, stools and display features). This Saginaw location closed in 2007 and the sign was removed. The sign was supposedly going to a museum but it has been sitting in someone's backyard for over a year now. This Portage location was recently occupied by MacKenzie's Bakery. However, as of 2010, the building has been vacant for a few years. [photo thanks Matt Tuley] The Jackson and Battle Creek Dunkin' Donuts and Bell's Pizza House still retain their distinctive Dawn Donuts mid-century roofs which have a similar style to the Christown Lanes. This Saginaw Taste of India has left the Dawn Donuts exterior and color-scheme intact but there is no trace of the old sign. Don's Donuts has adapted both the building and sign. This location has been around since 1964 as mentioned in this advertisement for two locations in Toledo, OH. There was probably a Baker Boy sign here as well. For more, see this website. There are only two other pointy-roofed Dawn Donuts buildings that I know of that still exist: Port Huron, MI and Bay City, MI. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. |
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More Donut Signs:
M&T Donut Shop (Compton, CA) Sputniks (San Jose, CA) [gone?] Winchell's Donut House (San Jose, CA) [gone] Honey Creme Donuts (New Albany, IN) Honey Do-Nut Shop (Cambridge, MA) [vintage] Dude's Donuts (Joplin, MO) Country Inn Donuts (St Louis, MO) former Krispy Kreme (St Louis, MO) [gone] Honey Dip Donuts (Columbus, OH) Mrs. Baird's (Houston, TX) Doughnut Mill (Red Deer, AB) Decadent Donuts (Vancouver, BC) [gone] Donut World (Toronto, ON) [gone] If you know of any donut signs that I might have missed, I'd love to hear about them. |
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