neon + route 66

neon signs, vintage vegas, motels, and route 66.

[urbancentury]

Five Points, Sarasota, FL. Late 1950s.

[oldshowbiz]

A Survivor: 1950s Record Store Neon

[oldshowbiz]

Old Signs: Long and Tall

[vintagelasvegas]

Flamingo, January 1950. The original attraction board with the hotel’s wedding chapel in the background. One man with a folding ladder changing the letters on the Gruen Watch Time board: Pat Rooney, dancers The Szony’s, comedian Dave Barry.

Thanks Nevada Armored Transport

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Seventh Avenue & 47th St. during wartime, 1942–45. There is a sign saying, “In case of Air Raid signal, walk this way” on a lamppost. British and American soldiers are on the corner. In the upper left, two men are in the process of changing the billboard.

Source: Al Ponte’s Time Machine-New York, FB

[roadsidepeek]

And all this science, I don’t understand, It’s just my job five days a week. A rocket man (Elton John). The familiar vision of neon animated blasts to the heavens from the Astro Motel while traveling Highway 99. After demolition day in 2015, the objective of high speed rail replaced another fragment of the mid-century space age optimism. Fresno CA #roadsidepeek #roadside #royalsnappingartists #astro #motel #fresno #cali #centralcalifornia #demolished #flashbackfriday #wanderlust #wow_america #openroad #midcentury #roadsideamerica #filmphotography #analogphotography #ontheroadagain #americana #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #picoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdjAdWJjaK/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nycnostalgia]

Times Square, 1986

[old-images-of-nyc-citylove]

[the-night-picture-collector]

Sabine Weiss, Broadway Station, New York, 1953

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Actually it’s the Canal St. station. Broadway has many stations.

[vintageeveryday]

Subterranean, New York, 1985. Photographed by Janet Delaney.

[joeinct]

Photo by Samuel Gottscho

[undr]

Bettmann. Broadway and 43rd Street. New York. 1945

[vintageeveryday]

Color photography in the 1950s by Saul Leiter.

[travelroute66]

Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico, 2012. Fabulous neon and color.

This image is available. Find it in my Route 66 Collection: http://frank-romeo.pixels.com/

“The Fine Art photography of Frank Romeo.”

[fiftyyearstoolate]

[nycnostalgia]

Brooklyn, 18th Avenue and 64th Street, 1981

The Muppets and Dawn of the Dead. Interesting double-bill.

[roadsidepeek]

Let me show you the world in my eyes part 2. The echo of Depeche Mode and visions of HBO lingers in my mind at the corner of the Regency Inn and Suites. Winnemucca NV #roadsidepeek #roadside #royalsnappingartists #regency #inn #winnemucca #nevada #motel #comfy #hbo #oldwest #reallife #reality #everything_signage #gas_food_lodging #roadsideamerica #ontheroadagain #wanderlust #wow_america #americana #ipulledoverforthis #picoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8RBwov5HR/?utm_medium=tumblr