Last month, I wrote about the wonderful old Sugar Bowl restaurant sign being saved in Des Plaines, Illinois. It is a classic.
The Georgia Garvey article "Sweet memories help save a 1957 vintage sign" in the July 22nd Chicago tribune continued saying that James Peters, executive director of Landmarks Illinois worked unsuccessfully to save the half dozen Magikist signs that were once on almost every Chicago expressway. The last of these signs, which advertised for a now-defunct cleaning company, came down about ten years ago. I remember seeing one along the Kennedy many times while I was growing up. Plus, there was one that said "Bud...Bud...Budweiser" that I liked.
AND I MET THIS GUY
Tod Swormstedt of the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio said, "There's this kind of heartfelt, warm, emotional attachment. These signs bring back memories and, as a rule, they're good memories.
If you ever want to know ANYTHING about the history of signs, this is the guy you really need to talk to. It costs $10 to visit his museum, and worth every cent of it.
This Sugar Bowl sign is quite the retro look.
Nice picture of the Sugar Bowl sign on Flickr. Picture of the Magikist logo on Wikipedia.
More To Come. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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