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| In August 2008, I'll be taking a big roadtrip to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, my sincere thanks to Jeff at Vintage Roadside for the use of the photos at this page. |
| Holiday Motel Portland, OR |
Lew’s Dari-Freeze Drive In Portland, OR |
Morlan Plumbing Portland, OR |
Made in Oregon Portland, OR |
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Holiday Motel sign is still lit at night and has been updated to include "hot tubs". For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
Lew’s Dari-Freeze Drive In features coney dogs and classic car shows. This neon on this sign still works. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. Morlan Plumbing was founded in 1927. Their fully-functioning neon sign features the "Water Heater King". They now have seven locations. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. The Made in Oregon sign was built in 1927 advertising White Satin Sugar (with the lettering "White Satin"). It became the White Stag sign in 1959 with a change in lettering and the addition of a leaping deer and the word "sportswear". In 1989, the White Stag company moved to California. With another lettering change, the sign was transformed to say "Made in Oregon". The sign uses neon and incandescent light and is 48' tall by 46' wide. The stag's nose has been lit red (like Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer) for the Christmas holidays since 1957. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. The Made in Oregon company was started in 1975. For more about them, see their website. |
| Creamery Brewpub & Grill Klamath Falls, OR |
East Wind Drive-in Cascade Locks, OR |
Tad's Chicken 'n Dumplins Troutdale, OR |
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The Creamery Brewpub & Grill now occupies the former Crater Lake Dairy building. It has retained the sign from the Klamath Falls Creamery, an ice cream and dairy products store for the dairy. For more, see
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The East Wind Drive-in is an ice cream and hamburger stand. The sign doesn't appear to light up anymore. For more, see this website. Tad's Chicken 'n Dumplins opened here in the late 1920s as a roadhouse. The 1950s neon sign is fully functioning. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Union Drug Co. Union, OR |
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| The Union Drug Co. features a nicely preserved neon Rexall sign and a painted wall sign. For more, see this website. [photos thanks Mark Comstock] |
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More OR Signs:
Automatic Heat (Eugene) Welcome sign (Granite) Lacey's Bomber Restaurant (Milwaukie) 7-Up: 1, 2 (Portland) Alibi Lounge (Portland) Capitol Hill Motel (Portland) Chin's Kitchen (Portland) Cup & Saucer Café (Portland) Darby's Reducer (Portland) Franz Bread: 1, 2, 3 (Portland) Golden Dragon Café: 1, 2 (Portland) Hires Root Beer (Portland) Hung Far Low Chop Suey: 1, 2 (Portland) Palms Motor Hotel: 1, 2, 3 (Portland) Paulson's Carpet (Portland) Portland Outdoor Store: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Portland) Republic Café (Portland) Salvation Army (Portland) Sixth Avenue Motel (Portland) Sunshine Dairy (Portland) Westerner Motel (Portland) Prehistoric Gardens: 1, 2 (Port Orford) Automatic Heat: 1, 2 (Springfield) Holiday Coin Laundromat (Springfield) Dari Delish (St. Helens) |
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