Roadside Signs

Flamingo. Las Vegas, February 24, 1970. Flamingo Capri motel rooms seen in the background. via @flamingovegas

Metro Diner roadside neon sign in Tulsa - nick dunlap

Robert Adams has spent decades capturing the American west in black-and-white – its diners and its oil fields, its lonely souls and lost highways. Here’s a selection of the best images from a new retrospective of his work in Paris

"Saying Goodbye" roadside sign, billboard.

"Hello Stranger" roadside sign

Original Caption: Advertisement Painted on a Wall in Galveston, Texas. This Is One of a Series of 21 Black and White Photographs. They Document the Environments Remaining From the 19th Century in Terms of Architecture, Commerce and Lifestyles. The Pictures Also Compare the Contemporary City Showing Displacement of the Unique by the Ordinary and Noting Current Urban Problems. The Pictures Show a Region and Its Uniqueness in People and Architecture in East Texas Which Is Still a Part of the…

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Original Caption: "On Highway 80, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ranch advertisement during cotton harvest. Highway signs reading "cotton pickers wanted" are but the last stage in the process of attracting seasonal laborers to Arizona from areas as remote as Yakima Valley, Washington, and the bootheel of Missouri." U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-83-G-44120 From: Series: Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor…

Photographer Robert Adams is a bodhisattva to the American West: “I want to make accurate photographs of the western landscape. One goal is to show what’s

Eden, Colorado roadside sign, ca. 1968-71. Black and white photo by Robert Adams.

Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, audio and video recordings from the State Library and Archives of Florida.

Great vintage neon sign at a car dealership. Nickey Chevrolet buys the famous Chuck Daigh Scarab.