Steve Forney’s Vintage Rusted Liquor Sign

This is my second piece in the exploration of classic neon signs.  Imagine a liquor store that opened up in a 1950s strip mall in a Southern California suburb. The neon letters gradually spell L-I-Q-O-U-R one letter at a time.  The sign then blinks three times before going blank and starting the sequence over again.  Read more

Steve Forney’s Vintage Roadside Eat Sign

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Post World War II roadside Americana is a subject that has always caught my attention.  Having grown up in Southern California in the 1970s, these signs, many of them neon, were are fixture on the landscape.

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