Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: neon

A lot of deterioration can happen to something neglected for ten years: Rochester’s Times Theater

The grand marquee of the Times Theater in Rochester, IN, has deteriorated badly over the last ten years.

25 January 2019
New neon at the Old Style Inn

The great old neon sign at Logansport’s Old Style Inn disappeared a couple years ago. Fortunately, it was replaced with a new sign that, if not neon, has that neon look.

6 April 2018
Endangered: Wrecks, Inc., sign

The town of Whitestown in central Indiana wants to build a sprawling community campus on the site of the former Wrecks, Inc., junkyard. This puts the future of its unique and humorous neon sign in question.

19 January 2018
single frame: City of Mineral Water

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9 November 2017
single frame: The Emmanuel Baptist Church Drug Company

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1 June 2017
single frame: HoJo’s

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30 May 2017
single frame: Neonpallooza

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25 May 2017
A visit to the American Sign Museum

Photos of neon signs and more from inside the American Sign Museum.

1 May 2017
Wrecks at Dusk Canon A2e, 50mm f/1.8 Canon EF Fujicolor 200 2016 I love this old neon sign. It’s too bad the business behind it closed and the sign no longer lights up the night.

27 December 2016
Radio City Music Hall Canon PowerShot S95 2016

2 June 2016
Rest Haven Court Canon PowerShot S95 2013 From a Route 66 tour I took with my sons over spring break in 2013.

25 February 2016
Neon sign, lost

Two things have changed for me in the nine years I’ve been taking road trips. First, in the old days it was mostly about exploring, and now it’s mostly about enjoying a day’s journey. Second, I’ve seen all of the interesting roads reachable within a day of my home. So a day trip is almost always going…

30 October 2015