Holiday Inn Sign and the Birth of Modern Hotel Chains
Feb 14, 2019 · The circa 1960 Holiday Inn sign beckons visitors to step off the path and see the hotel display, just as it had along the interstate so many …
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Holiday Inn Hotel with a "Great Sign," 1980-1985 - The …
This iconic design pointed the way to Holiday Inns worldwide from the 1950s until the 1980s, when the company phased in an updated logo. A Holiday Inn's "Great Sign" could be seen from a distance, enticing travelers along nearby roadways.
The Great Sign - Randy Preising
As a cost-cutting move, the signs were replaced with less expensive, back-lit ones in the 1980s. Nowadays, the signage along the highways is largely homogenized. In many cases even Holiday Inn’s Great Sign has been boiled …
Holiday Inn Great Sign - American Sign Museum
Dec 28, 2012 · “The 50’ tall green and yellow sign featured a yellow arrow with orange bulbs to draw drivers to the hotel office. The marquee had interchangeable letters so that the manager …
Holiday Inn "Great" Sign, circa 1960 - The Henry Ford
This sign -- taller and flashier than some but not radically different from other blinking neon highway signs -- was designed to be spotted from the new interstates. As Holiday Inns multiplied, the sign became a message: "Turn …
David Cobb Craig: A Salute to the Holiday Inn Sign
Jan 20, 2011 · The Holiday Inn sign is one of those things that was once everywhere and then all of a sudden nowhere. But unlike the telephone booth or the Fotomat kiosk, the signs exited the roadscape not because they were …
American Sign Museum Restores Holiday Inn Great …
May 19, 2023 · The American Sign Museum (ASM, Cincinnati) recently restored its 1950’s Holiday Inn sign, an enormous undertaking of 32 individuals across the country. Known as the Great Sign, it was once an icon of the American road …
Holiday Inn - Great Sign - LiquiSearch
The "Great Sign" is the roadside sign used by Holiday Inn during their original era of expansion in the 1950s-1970s. It consisted of a marquee box; a tower with either red, orange, or blue neon …
The Holiday Inn Great Sign - Facebook
The Holiday Inn "Great Sign" was a roadside icon seen from coast to coast until the mid 1980s. Share your memories of it and the world famous hotel chain that Kemmons Wilson established in 1952. Discussions regarding other vintage …
Ghosts Of The Great Highway: The Holiday Inn "Great …
Nov 4, 2009 · The Holiday Inn "Great Sign". One of the many great icons of Americana in the 1950's and 60's was Holiday Inn and its neon filled "Great Sign" that welcomed many a weary traveler after long hours of highway driving.
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