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The U-Haul rental business sits at 2030 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 2030 Fremont St
Sign owner: Joe Shoen
Sign details: The U-Haul company began in the summer of 1945 in Washington by Leonard Shoen, by 1955 U-haul had become nationally recognized and a big hitter ever since. This Vegas location was built in 1953. In 1999 the Founder of U-Haul, Leonard Shoen died in a car crash at the age of 83 in Las Vegas.
Sign condition: 4- This sign does show some fading
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: This sign showcases a orange border and white plastic back lit signs spelling U HAUL in black letters. Each letter is in its own sign box.
Sign - type of display: Plastic back lit
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Plastic
Sign environment: This location is on East Fremont near Eastern Ave and is surrounded by other little shops and old Motels.
Sign - thematic influences: This property showcases the company's branding that they use for all of their signs and logos.
Survey - research locations: U haul website (history portion) https://www.uhaul.com/About/History/ , Assessor's Page
Survey - research notes: The history portion of U-Haul's website showcases the full history of the company including how the Post WW-2 moving boom benefited the company. https://www.uhaul.com/About/History/
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-29
Sign keywords: Pylon; Plastic; Steel; Backlit

Dr. Joseph "Andy" Fry is currently a professor of history at UNLV. He was born and grew up in West Virginia, the only child of an insurance salesman and a public school teacher. His parents met in Ronceverte, West Virginia, and lived for a while in his grandmother's boarding house. He had an idyllic childhood in this small town of 2500 people. Andy received an excellent high school education, including learning eighth grade English and 2 years of Latin from his mother. After graduation, he was interested in playing college basketball and ended up at Davis and Elkins College in east central West Virginia. Undecided on a major at first, he tried math and then chemistry, but he found his niche when he began studying the history of western civilization. During his undergraduate years, Andy met his wife-to-be, Sandra Schwitzer, and they were married in 1969 in the summer after their senior year. He was accepted at graduate school in history at the University of Virginia, so he and his bride moved to Charlottesville. After that, he worked for 2 years at Virginia Tech. In 1975, Dr. Fry was offered a job at UNLV, so he and his family packed up and moved to Las Vegas. He was welcomed to the history department by such notables as Roman "Jay" Zom, Ralph Rosky, and Tom Wright. In addition to teaching, he has had the opportunity to do research, write 4 books, and edit a series of diplomatic biographies. Andy was department chair in the mid 80s and again from 1999 to 2002. He also served for three years as executive assistant to Dr. Carol Harter (president of UNLV for 11 years), but prefers teaching over administrative work. His plans for the future are to finish a fifth book and continue teaching to at least age 66.

On March 20, 1978, DeeAnn Coombs interviewed Robert M. Fisher (born 1945 in Las Vegas, NV) about his experience growing up in and living in Southern Nevada. Fisher first discusses his background and upbringing, from being born at Nellis Air Force Base to attending several schools in Las Vegas and joining the U.S. Navy. Fisher also talks about the development of Las Vegas, particularly the Strip properties, and the various recreational activities in which he would participate, such as water skiing, drag racing, and skydiving. Fisher also talks about his work at the Nevada Test Site, including his work as a draftsman for the underground atomic testing.