• Portfolio
  • Artist's Statement
  • Bio / CV
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Contact
Menu

Molly Block

  • Portfolio
  • Artist's Statement
  • Bio / CV
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Contact
Farther north on Broadway Street: San Antonio’s Pig Stand restaurant, one of only a handful left in the chain. (Some 130 restaurants opened in the 1920s-30s.) From the Web site: “In the initial years the Pig Stand pioneered several food items: Texas…

Farther north on Broadway Street: San Antonio’s Pig Stand restaurant, one of only a handful left in the chain. (Some 130 restaurants opened in the 1920s-30s.) From the Web site: “In the initial years the Pig Stand pioneered several food items: Texas toast, deep-fried onion rings, and the country-fried steak sandwich. Not only was the Pig Stand the first restaurant to offer curb and drive-through service, it also was among the first to use fluorescent lighting, neon signs, and air conditioning.” The current owner of this location, Mary Ann Hill, started as a waitress here at age 18 in 1967. #backstory (Taken with Instagram at Pig Stand)

August 21, 2012
Tags backstory, vintage, vintage sign, vintage signs, neon, neon signs, neon sign, signage, typography, San Antonio, Texas, roadside, today's spot o' color

View a favorite vintage sign photo series:

Texas Vintage Neon Signs
92 dpi screen Texas Neon Now Gone.jpg
92 dpi screen Texas Favorite Study 2.jpg
92 dpi screen Oak Forest Shoe Shop.jpg
92 dpi screen Cafe Neon Sign 4.jpg
Holiday Plaza Motel 148  n 92 dpi.JPG
Landmark Lodge 52 n 92 dpi.JPG
92 dpi screen Landmark in Fort Worth.jpg
Clock Coffee Shop in El Paso 92 dpi.JPG

© 2025 Molly Block.
   All rights reserved.