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| Michigan Signs (page 5) |
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| Koerts Glass & Paint Flint, MI |
Top Hat Auto Wash Flint, MI |
Citizens Bank Weather Ball Flint, MI |
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The Koerts Glass & Paint store originally housed "Buicktown", a Buick dealership. The "BUICK" lettering is still faintly readable behind "KOERTZ".
The Top Hat Auto Wash sign is probably from the 1950s. It is lit at night. For more, see this website. The Citizens Bank Weather Ball was installed in 1956. At night, the ball still forecasts the weather with a change in colors (red for hotter, blue for colder, yellow for no change, blinking for rain). The ball is 15 feet in diameter. For more, see this website. |
| Applegate Chevrolet Flint, MI |
Anthony's Fine Flowers Flint, MI |
Flint Original Coney Island Flint, MI |
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Applegate Chevrolet has been around since 1928. This sign has been there since at least the 1970s.
Gordon Anthony's Florist has been here since 1946. This Flint Original Coney Island sign was initially located downtown. That restaurant opened in 1919. This was not the original sign. The letters on the sign are embossed. When the restaurant was demolished in 1979, the sign was placed in storage. In 2005, Tom Zelevarovski bought the sign for his restaurant: Tom Z's Coney Island (now Tom Z's Original Coney Island). In 2007, the sign was restored. For more, see this website. |
| Dort Mall Flint, MI 2005: |
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| The Dort Mall sign collection was assembled by the Bob Perani, the owner of the mall. He also owns Perani's Hockey World, a chain of hockey stores. In addition to the signs, the display included various statues, old bicycles, cars, model planes, boats, a carousel, fishing memorabilia, and all kinds of old goodies. Most of the collection was auctioned off in 2009. The photos above are from before and after the auction. Just about all of the signs in the 2005 photos above are gone. However, there is still a small collection of signs, statues, and other items remaining, including the Roto-Sphere (first photo above) and a Fisk Tire Boy. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
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