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Erecting neon sign, Fargo, North Dakota

Erecting neon sign, Fargo, North Dakota

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Stratosphere Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Carol M. Highsmith - Stratosphere Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Photo shows the Aladdin's lamp (lighted at night) that was installed at the Neon Museum in 1997. Originally designed by Raymond Larsen and installed in 1966 at the Aladdin Hotel. (Source: Historical Marker Data... More

Holiday Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Holiday Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California

Neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon art inside the Pershing Square Metro subway station in downtown Los Angeles, California

Neon art inside the Pershing Square Metro subway station in downtown L...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Route 66 neon sign, part of a display of vintage and neon from historic U.S. Route 66 on the median strip of Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California

Route 66 neon sign, part of a display of vintage and neon from histori...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The display of three large-scale signs on the boulevard and one at Plummer Park was co-sponsored by the city and the Museum of Neon Art. Credit line: The ... More

Monty's Garden Restaurant neon entrance sign, Route 12, Leominster, Massachusetts (LOC)

Monty's Garden Restaurant neon entrance sign, Route 12, Leominster, Ma...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Monty's Garden Restaurant neon entrance sign, Route 12, Leominster, Massachusetts..1984...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keyw... More

The Munger Moss Motel neon sign, Route 66, Lebanon, Missouri

The Munger Moss Motel neon sign, Route 66, Lebanon, Missouri

The Munger Moss Motel has been in business since 1946. The motel was originally 14 cabins with garages in between the rooms. 26 more units were opened in 1961 and the motel is still open today. Title, date, and... More

Neon, Colony Hotel, South Beach, Florida

Neon, Colony Hotel, South Beach, Florida

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Hacienda Horse and Rider, historic neon sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Hacienda Horse and Rider, historic neon sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Binion's Horseshoe Casino sign at Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Binion's Horseshoe Casino sign at Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Billiards player from the old Pocket Lounge, now consigned to the city's Neon Museum Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Billiards player from the old Pocket Lounge, now consigned to the city...

Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greyhound Bus sign, South Carolina

Greyhound Bus sign, South Carolina

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The marquee neon tower of the Lakewood Theatre, which has served as a symbolic focal point of East Dallas, Texas, since its construction in 1938

The marquee neon tower of the Lakewood Theatre, which has served as a ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The restored Streamline Moderne theater shows classic films and hosts contemporary musical and comedy events. Credit line: The Lyda H... More

Tower Theatre, a Sacramento landmark, built in 1938, that is famous for its neon displays

Tower Theatre, a Sacramento landmark, built in 1938, that is famous fo...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Visitors sometimes associate the glowing tower with Tower Records, a nationwide retail giant founded in Sacramento. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More

Neon Department of Utilities sign, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Neon Department of Utilities sign, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, which (as of 2014) is booming thanks to the influx of thousands of high-tech, music, and corporate employees, many of them under 30

One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, whi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Neon sign for Billy Bob's western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort Worth, Texas

Neon sign for Billy Bob's western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

This is certainly not the "last drive-in picture show" in Gatesville, Texas, at the time of this photograph, at least. The name is a takeoff on the 1971 movie "The Last Picture Show," about a dying Texas town

This is certainly not the "last drive-in picture show" in Gatesville, ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Neon sign for the Leddy's boot company in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Neon sign for the Leddy's boot company in the Stockyards District of F...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Campus Drive-In Theater, closer view with neon, El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, California (LOC)

Campus Drive-In Theater, closer view with neon, El Cajon Boulevard, Sa...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Campus Drive-In Theater, closer view with neon, El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, California..1979...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date ... More

Neon Sign on Motel Where Fieldwork Team Stayed

Neon Sign on Motel Where Fieldwork Team Stayed

Headquarters for field team Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Treasure in the Neon Museum's "boneyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada

Treasure in the Neon Museum's "boneyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The museum raised money to refurbish historic signs and... More

Casino sign, Las Vegas, Nevada - Drawing. Public domain image.

Casino sign, Las Vegas, Nevada - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art in Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art in Las Vegas, Nevada

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dating to 1939. In 1969 it moved to this location, which had operated as Sammie's Drive-In, Eli's Lounge, and Picante's Mexican restaurant

Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dati...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, California

Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, Califo...

Located west of Lodi, the restaurant displays one of the most extensive collections of animal "trophy heads" in America. Bill Foster, a big-game hunter opened the restaurant in 1931. Title, date, and keywords b... More

Old neon motel sign on King's Highway in California

Old neon motel sign on King's Highway in California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Rancho Super Car Wash neon sign in Rancho Mirage, California

Rancho Super Car Wash neon sign in Rancho Mirage, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign at Rossetti's Bar in Valley Springs, California

Neon sign at Rossetti's Bar in Valley Springs, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign "Indian Jewelry" Northern California Redwood attraction

Neon sign "Indian Jewelry" Northern California Redwood attraction

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Road in Austin, Texas

Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Roa...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Neon cigarette-company sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Neon cigarette-company sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the S...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Neon refinery exhibit, Weiss Energy Hall, Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas

Neon refinery exhibit, Weiss Energy Hall, Museum of Natural Science, H...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Pappadeaux's fish restaurant neon sign, Houston, Texas

Pappadeaux's fish restaurant neon sign, Houston, Texas

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra Mountains

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...

The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Neon sign for the Prairie Dog drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route 180, once the main road between Fort Worth and Dallas

Neon sign for the Prairie Dog drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Te...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Glitter Girl neon sign at the Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada

Glitter Girl neon sign at the Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas, N...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Neon sign of the In-Out Burger fast-food chain in Pasadena, California

Neon sign of the In-Out Burger fast-food chain in Pasadena, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wellsboro Diner at dusk with neon, Route 6, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (LOC)

Wellsboro Diner at dusk with neon, Route 6, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (L...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Wellsboro Diner at dusk with neon, Route 6, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania..1980...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on ... More

Loew's Palace Theater, 306 F St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Loew's Palace Theater, 306 F St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Neon signs reading Douglas MacLean in The Home Stretch. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: Theater. Nation... More

Neon sign from the Floridita Bar, Havana, Cuba

Neon sign from the Floridita Bar, Havana, Cuba

Ernest Hemingway frequented the Floridita Bar when he lived in Havana in the 1950s. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

High Hat historic motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

High Hat historic motel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exter...

Artist: Christopher Sproat, 1987. Dimensions: 60 feet in diameter. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exter...

Artist: Christopher Sproat, 1987. Dimensions: 60 feet in diameter. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Historic Vegas neon sign, Freemont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

Historic Vegas neon sign, Freemont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Neon sign in Pasadena, California

Neon sign in Pasadena, California

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign at, and advertising, the famous corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California

Neon sign at, and advertising, the famous corner of Hollywood Boulevar...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The intersection became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas Highway 180, which used to be the main highway between Dallas and Fort Worth

Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Buffalo Club neon sign in Los Angeles, California

Buffalo Club neon sign in Los Angeles, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra Mountains

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...

The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More

A neon sign from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

A neon sign from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. The Holly... More

Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California

Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood sect...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant, part of a small California chain of diners, is located in the historic Max Factor building that includes a beauty salon whose client list ... More

Neon sign inside Lil' Red's Saloon in the Stockyards neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

Neon sign inside Lil' Red's Saloon in the Stockyards neighborhood of F...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

A neon sign along 5th Street in Amarillo, Texas, where a piece of historic U.S. Route 66 still runs through town

A neon sign along 5th Street in Amarillo, Texas, where a piece of hist...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, which (as of 2014) is booming thanks to the influx of thousands of high-tech, music, and corporate employees, many of them under 30

One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, whi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route 180, once the main road between Fort Worth and Dallas. The restaurant was founded by Greek immigrant Theo Chokas in 1956

Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, alon...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

1940s-vintage Dr Pepper neon sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloster Museum in Dublin, Texas

1940s-vintage Dr Pepper neon sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More

Remnants of famous signs at the "Neon Boneyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada

Remnants of famous signs at the "Neon Boneyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Neon gambling sign on Freemont Street in historic Las Vegas, Nevada

Neon gambling sign on Freemont Street in historic Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Neon sign, Reno, Nevada - Drawing. Public domain image.

Neon sign, Reno, Nevada - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Neon signs shine in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the early 1980s

Neon signs shine in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the early 1980s

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exter...

Artist: Christopher Sproat, 1987. Dimensions: 60 feet in diameter. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exter...

Artist: Christopher Sproat, 1987. Dimensions: 60 feet in diameter. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Pig neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Pig neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Established in 2002 on Historic Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee, The Pig on Beale quickly became a local favorite for "Memphis Style" Hickory Smoked BBQ pork shoulder and BBQ ribs. Title, date, and subjects p... More

Neon sign advertising chop suey at an Asian cafe in downtown Napa, California

Neon sign advertising chop suey at an Asian cafe in downtown Napa, Cal...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California

Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood sect...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant, part of a small California chain of diners, is located in the historic Max Factor building that includes a beauty salon whose client list ... More

Dusk shot of a neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas

Dusk shot of a neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Waffle Shop on 10th Street. Exterior of Waffle Shop with neon sign III

Waffle Shop on 10th Street. Exterior of Waffle Shop with neon sign III

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neon casino sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Neon casino sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Circus Circus Hotel and Casino neon sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Circus Circus Hotel and Casino neon sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.... More

Golden Nugget historic casino sign in the Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Golden Nugget historic casino sign in the Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Ne...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Vegas Vic on Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada

Vegas Vic on Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Castro district at night, San Francisco, California

Castro district at night, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Blues City Cafe neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Blues City Cafe neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street's ... More

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Neon sign outside a bar, not Billy Bob's, which is a separate night club and dance hall nearby, in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Neon sign outside a bar, not Billy Bob's, which is a separate night cl...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra Mountains

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Pooch-themed art in the form of this identifying neon sign at the Deep Ellum "bark park," an off-leash dog park in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in Old East Dallas, Texas

Pooch-themed art in the form of this identifying neon sign at the Deep...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As one of Dallas's first commercial districts for African-Americans and European immigrants, Deep Ellum is one of the most historical... More

Neon sign for the Hunter Brothers' H3 Ranch steakhouse restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas

Neon sign for the Hunter Brothers' H3 Ranch steakhouse restaurant in F...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hollywood, California. Neon signs at the famous Earl Carroll theater

Hollywood, California. Neon signs at the famous Earl Carroll theater

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waffle Shop on 10th Street. Exterior of Waffle Shop with neon sign IV

Waffle Shop on 10th Street. Exterior of Waffle Shop with neon sign IV

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stardust Theatre neon, Las Vegas, Nevada

Stardust Theatre neon, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exter...

Artist: Christopher Sproat, 1987. Dimensions: 60 feet in diameter. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Street sign for Peters Brothers "Texas Hat" shop in Fort Worth, Texas

Street sign for Peters Brothers "Texas Hat" shop in Fort Worth, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was founded by Jim and Tom Peters in 1911. They were Greek immigrants who began their business shining shoes in Waco, Tex... More

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra Mountains

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...

The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More

Neon sign at the Buffalo Club, a sophisticated restaurant where movie stars and famous people dine. Santa Monica, California

Neon sign at the Buffalo Club, a sophisticated restaurant where movie ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route 180, once the main road between Fort Worth and Dallas. The restaurant was founded by Greek immigrant Theo Chokas in 1956

Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, alon...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

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