I’m afraid, my dutiful readers, that I’ve fallen further behind. I took the night off from blogging & Flickr-ing last night to visit a Flickr friend in Nampa. But I WILL catch up eventually. It’s now Day 9 here in reality and the dogs and I have landed in West Wendover, NV for the night. I wrapped up the shooting in Idaho today. I had crappy weather from start to finish — so it’s refreshing working on this batch of photos with all the gorgeous skies and lighting.
Let’s start this post with another Sweet’s Chocolate ghost sign — this one in Pocatello:
Here are several signs from Blackfoot:
Those bulbs around the side of the sign seem more concentrated than most. I’m betting that they were lit sequentially — which must have been mesmerizing:
I’ve shot lots of these angled sign poles in the past few days — this one is extreme. Love the flags, too:
From Shelley:
Moving on to Idaho Falls which has lots of great signs and buildings. I don’t know what motel this advertised for originally:
I believe this stove sign is modern. It’s at Rocky Mountain Supply:
Wonderful:
A former Woolworth department store and Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge:
A blasphemous treatment of this Art Deco beauty. I’ll spare you what the ground floor looks like:
A detail of the building:
We’re still in Idaho Falls. I’ve never seen criss-crossy neon like this before:
This sign advertised for Blue Glaze Coal:
I’m assuming this sign was placed just down the road by the owner of the Stinker gas station which has a vintage skunk sign:
The other side of the sign:
From St. Anthony:
From Ashton:
A Masonic sign from Atomic City:
Another painted ghost sign — this one from Mackay:
Two more photos from Mackay:
The last shot from today is from the Y-Inn Cafe in Challis:
I’m hoping for sun tomorrow here in Nevada — but if not, I’ll hunker down and bang out some overdue posts.
Take care,
dj & the dogs
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