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| I am taking my first trip to the Pacific Northwest in August 2008. Until then, I hope you will enjoy the photos submitted here from Janell Brown (much thanks!) and the links at the bottom of the page. |
| Golden City Cafe Tacoma, WA |
Lucky Silver Tavern Tacoma, WA |
Poodle Dog Restaurant Fife, WA |
Daffodil Motel Milton, WA |
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The Golden City Cafe sign is only partially lit at night. For more, see this website.
The Lucky Silver Tavern neon sign is fully-functioning. For more, see this website. The Poodle Dog Restaurant opened here in a rail car in 1933. The building itself is from the 1950s. Their sign is fully-functioning. For more, see this website. The Daffodil Motel sign is also fully lit at night. For more, see this website. |
| Pick Quick Drive-in Tacoma, WA |
Brown & Haley Tacoma, WA |
Elephant Car Wash Tacoma, WA |
Elephant Car Wash Seattle, WA |
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The Pick Quick Drive-in is a walk-up stand with a great rooftop sign. For more, see this website.
Brown & Haley founded their candy-making business in 1912. In 1923, they invented the now famous Almond Roca candy. They no longer offer tours of their factory but they do have this gift and candy shop. For more, see their website. The Elephant Car Wash was founded in 1951 and now has nine locations in the Seattle area. The Tacoma location and sign are from 1963. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [second photo Mark Comstock] |
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More WA Signs:
Roberts Motors (Auburn) Wagon Wheel Motel (Bothell) Welcome Sign (Concrete) Button's Jewelry (Ellensburg) Lighthouse Motel (Ellensburg) The Castle (Hazel Dell) Triple XXX Root Beer (Issaquah) F.O.E. (Kirkland) Town House Motel (Longview) Twede's Café (North Bend) Grigg's (Pasco) Travel Inn (Pasco) Timberline Motel (Peshastin) Bern's Tavern (Prosser) Bell Furniture (Richland) Whisperin' Palms (Ritzville) Aurora Flower Shop: 1, 2 (Seattle) Bardahl (Seattle) Buckaroo Tavern (Seattle) Cupcake Royale: 1, 2 (Seattle) Dahlia Lounge (Seattle) Fisherman's Restaurant (Seattle) Fremont Rocket (Seattle) Frontier Room Restaurant (Seattle) Harvey's Lounge (Seattle) High Dive (Seattle) House of Louie (Seattle) IKON Grill (Seattle) Iliad Apartments (Seattle) Klose-in Motel (Seattle) Marco Polo Motel (Seattle) Mike's Tavern (Seattle) Mojito Café (Seattle) Nitelite (Seattle) Olympic Athletic Club (Seattle) Pepsi: 1, 2 (Seattle) P-I Globe: 1, 2 (Seattle) Public Market/Pike Place: 1, 2 Seal's Motel (Seattle) Seattle Center: 1, 2 (Seattle) Sun Cleaners (Seattle) Top Pot Doughnuts: 1, 2 (Seattle) World's Fair (Seattle) [vintage] various signs: 1, 2, 3 (Seattle) various signs: 1, 2 (Seattle) various motel signs (Seattle) Fairweather Lanes (Sedro-Wolley) Skyway Café (Spokane) Golden Pheasant (Sunnyside) Safari Restaurant (Sunnyside) Ben-Carol Motel: 1, 2 (Tukwila) Luepke Flowers (Vancouver) Walgreens (Vancouver) O'Con's Flowers (Walla Walla) Pastime Café (Walla Walla) The Bakery (Wapato) Tiny's Tavern (Wapato) KPQ (Wenatchee) Wally's Tavern (Wenatchee) Billy Burgers (Wilbur) Bali-Hai Motel (Yakima) Neon Garden (Yakima) Sports Center (Yakima) Superbingo: 1, 2 (Yakima) various motels |
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