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Photographs of Somerset Shopping Center sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002

Date
2002
Description
Daytime views of the Somerset Shopping Center sign on the Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 252 Convention Center Dr
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: The sign is designed out of a blue pole, telescoping upward, spearing three double backed cabinets stacked on top of each other in close proximity. Two small wings flagpole of the north and south edges of the pole, which houses graphics advertisement for the businesses in the shopping center. The top sign is an oval cabinet, painted a light blue color on the surface and yellow on the width. The text, "Somerset" is painted white all capital letters, and outlined in black. The text that occupies the cabinet takes up most of the available space and is overlaid with neon tubing. The middle cabinet is the largest of the three. It is a rectangular shape with concave sides. The sides look as if a low sweeping cut has been taken out of the body, starting from edge to edge. The result is a symmetrically morphed geometric shape. "Shopping" is spelled in all capital channel letters, painted white on the interiors, and lined on the interiors with neon tubing. The surface is painted a rusted orange with the width painted yellow. The width of the cabinet is lined with a single row of incandescent bulbs on opposite edges. The bottom and third cabinet is identical to the oval shape of the top cabinet. The difference is that the surface of the cabinet is painted the same rusted orange color as the middle cabinet, and yellow on the width. The three cabinets are encircled with a giant circular, yellow, raceway, reaching up in the sky arching up over the top and completely encompassing the cabinets facing east/west. Blue rods radiate outward, repeating around the edge of the raceway at various lengths. They penetrate the surface of the raceway, protruding on both sides. They start at the top one vertical rod pointing directly vertical into the sky from the center pole. They then alternate, short then long, attached to various strategic points on the three central cabinet, creating a symmetrical pattern. The rods are lined on two edges with neon tubing, which animate in a chasing pattern.
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Chasing, flashing, oscillating
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Flashing; Oscillating; Pylon; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Graphics; Paint

Mixed Content

Slide of the Holiday Inn and its neon signs, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the Holiday Inn and its neon signs lit up at night. The hotel was possibly located in Reno. Site Name: Holiday Inn (Washoe County, Nev.)

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Merry Wink Motel double mounted sign, Reno, Nevada

Date
2021
Description

A double mounted sign for the Merry Wink Motel during the day with unlit neon. The motel is permanently closed.

12901 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89511

Merry Wink Motel


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Photographs of East Fremont Street signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2016

Date
2016-01-31
2016-04-10
2016-04-28
Description
The neon signs including a red slipper, martini glass, the Buxom Beauty in a Neon Bikini and others sit along E Fremont St in Downtown Las Vegas
Site name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: Fremont St
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Back to back; Sculptural; Pole sign; Oscillating

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The Pig BBQ & Pub wall mounted signs, Winnemucca, Nevada

Date
2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)
Description

Views of the wall mounted signs for The Pig during the day and at night.

1139 W Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 89445

The Pig


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The Pig BBQ & Bar wall mounted signs, Winnemucca, Nevada

Date
2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)
Description

Views of the wall mounted sign for The Pig during the day and at night.

1139 W Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 89445

The Pig


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Roulette wheel with chips sign, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1986
Description

Roulette wheel with chips sign while lit.


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Paris sign in neon boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date
2010
Description

Defunct sign reading "PARIS."

Neon Museum


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Slide of the neon sign for the Ruby Motel, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the neon sign for the Ruby Motel in Ely. A Texaco service station is visible in the background.

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Rainbow Casino & Hotel wall mounted sign, Wendover, Nevada

Date
2021
Description

A wall mounted sign for a restaurant inside of the Rainbow, the Steak House, with lit neon.

1045 Wendover Blvd, West Wendover, NV 89883

Rainbow


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