Molly Block

Shipley Do-Nuts In Houston, Texas. 

At the Pig Stand in San Antonio, Texas. 

Both the sign and the bowling alley itself are now gone from where they once stood. Premiere Bowl in Santa Fe Springs, California.  

At the still-operating Starlite Motel in Mesa, Arizona.

In Mesa, Arizona. 

In Phoenix, Arizona. 

In Metairie, Louisiana.

In Gallup, New Mexico.

On old Route 66 in Amboy, California.

In Gallup, New Mexico.

In McKinney, Texas. 

Closed, in Mesa, Arizona. 

In Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In Yucca, Arizona.

In Anaheim, California.

Still a working bowling alley. In Fort Morgan, Colorado.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

In Houston, Texas. Now the site of a Trader Joe's store. 

In Houston, Texas.

In Houston, Texas. 

At the now-gone Capitan Theater in Pasadena, Texas. (Just outside Houston.)

In the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston, Texas. 

The La Palma Chicken Pie Shop, which opened in the 1950s in Anaheim, CA, just up the road a bit from Disneyland, closed in 2016. Much of the sign was saved by the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, CA, which is where it can be seen today.  

In Los Angeles, California.

Still operating in Tarzana, California.

In Burbank, California.

Closed, and for sale, in Mesa, Arizona.

At the site of what was the Don-Mar Motor Court on S. Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas.

In Mesa, Arizona. 

In Houston, Texas. 

In San Leandro, California.

On Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Now a residential motel.

On Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado.

When I took this photo, the buildings had been razed, but the sign was still standing.

Deano's Motel, now closed, in Culver City, California. 

This sign, featuring Mobil's Pegasus symbol, is now gone, as of 2016. Formerly in Jacksonville, Texas. 

Closed, and for sale, in San Bernardino, California. 

Formerly in Newberry Springs, California.

In Yucca, Arizona.

Long vacant in Houston, Texas. 

In Kosse, Texas. 

In Gonzales, Texas. 

In New Orleans, Louisiana.

In Palestine, Texas. 

In San Francisco, California. 

Credit and appreciation go to gallery manager Ileana, and to Catherine C. and her husband Arnaud for making this come together so nicely.

During the 2017 annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival

During the 2017 annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival

(canvas print)

My first experience participating in a juried show. (The print was purchased before I even arrived at the opening!)

Formerly in Newberry Springs, California.

In Fort Morgan, Colorado.

In New Orleans, Louisiana.

Alternate title: Mr. Lucky's Luck Seems To Have Run Out. In Phoenix, Arizona.