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Date: 1/13/2012 Album ID: 1394501
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St. Louis has a rich history of interesting signs. Here are just a few from the past and present.
Friday 11/18/2005--Vanessa Clark checks the level of the oil in her automobile under the looming Amoco sign, said to be the largest in the world in its day, which now adorns a BP gas station on Clayton Rd. at Skinker Blvd. As a trademark, the sign has outlived the company.
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Tuesday 11/22/2005--Dusk and the Budweiser eagle sign preside over an evening rush hour on hgy 40. PHOTO BY KEVIN MANNING
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Thursday May 12, 2011 - St. Louis- A painter named Tony (who did not want to give his last name) with Tettaton Sign Company prepares the surface of the Goody Goody Diner sign which was erected in 1954, owner Richard Connelly says the sign is made of porcelin. The colors will be chagnging from a red sign with white letters to white backround with red letters. Christian Gooden cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010 - St. Louis - Workers with Eberhart Sign and Lighting Company install a new sign that marks the east entrance of The Grove neighborhood Tuesday, just west of Vandeventer on Manchester Avenue. Procuring the sign, which is 11 feet tall and just about 25 feet wide, was a project headed by the Washington University Medical Center Community Develepment department to mark the rejuvenation of the area of Manchester Avenue between Vandeventer and Kingshighway in St. Louis. The neon double-faced sign costed about $60,000 to design engineer and build and hangs about 16 feet from the ground over the street. The Ameren Corp. will put a meter box on the power supply to the sign and the bill will be paid by businesses in the Grove neighborhood. Christian Gooden cgooden@post-dispatch.com Christian Gooden cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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The icon Fox Theatre sign serves a back drop for many events during St. Louis' annual First Night festivities. Sean Kennedy, a Flippen' Out team member, performs near the Fox Theatre during the 2011 First Night on Grand Boulevard Saturday Dec. 31 2011. Flippen' Out performed three extreme trampoline shows during the festivities. Emily Rasinski, erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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The icon Fox Theatre sign serves a back drop for many events during St. Louis' annual First Night festivities Dec. 31, 2011. Emily Rasinski, erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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The neon sign in front of Melroys in the Grove neighborhood is an example of signs in St. Louis. Photographed Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. Emily Rasinski, erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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(Friday, November 18, 2005)--St. Ann, MO-- The dancing band person is one of many huge marquee signs in the metro area which have become distinctive landmarks in the metro St. Louis area. This sign is featured on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann. The Amoco sign and the Busch eagle off of highway 40, the new swing dancers above Blueberry Hill are other sign in the area. (Photo By: Gabriel B. Tait / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 2000 - Workmen from All Star Sign & Electric Co., install the sign in front of The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd. The Pageant, a new club just east of the Delmar Loop, opens Thursday night with a performance by rock legend, Chuck Berry. PHOTO BY JERRY NAUNHEIM JR.
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The sign outside the shuttered California Do-nut Co., 2924 S. Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday Jan 11, 2012. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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On a snowy morning, the neon sign of the Donut Drive-In attracts customers Thursday Jan. 12, 2012. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Spencer's Grill anchors the south side of downtown Kirkwood, 223 S. Kirkwood Road, on Wednesday Jan 11, 2012. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 2007 - This is the giant Vess bottle downtown. Jerry Naunheim Jr. | Post-Dispatch
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Friday October 18, 2001A neon sign shows the way to Federhofer's Bakery at 9005 Gravois . Federhofer's has been in business for 35 years making tasty treats and birthday cakes. photo by Ted Dargan Post Dispatch
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Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 -- The TUMS factory in St. Louis, between South 4th Street and South Broadway, photographed on Thursday. Antacid sales increase greatly this time of year, and many of the world's TUMS are made in St. Louis. Jarrett Baker | Post-Dispatch
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May 14, 2000-- Pam Pritt, of Creve Coeur, celebrates Mothers Day like she has every year since the family moved to St. Louis six-years-ago; with a concrete custard from Ted Drewes. Her sons (from left) Chris, 19; Nathan, 12; and Daniel 14, sit perched atop the family truck in the parking lot along Chippewa. Husband and father Jerry Pritt, who was nearby working on his own frozen treat, insists that the custard stand is a traditional part of all of their family celebrations. Store manager Chris Beckenmeier says traffic at the stand is always busy on Mothers Day as families flock to consume the St. Louis staple. PHOTO BY ANDREW CUTRARO
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