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Photographs of Sky Ranch Motel sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 18, 2017

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Date

2017-04-18
2017-08-12

Description

The Sky Ranch Motel sign sits at 2009 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet.
Site address: 2009 Fremont St
Sign owner: Sky Ranch Motel INC
Sign details: .57 acre lot, original constructed in 1954.
Sign condition: 3 - seems in one piece, broken neon tubing, sun damaged paint (faded), lettering is still legible. No lettering on reader board.
Sign form: back to back pylon sign/monument sign
Sign-specific description: Abstract design, has a crescent moon form on top. Stars painted on and framed with skeleton neon tubing, skeletal neon around "sky ranch motel" and "no vacancy". Primary colors used, yellow for moon and star details, blue for the abstract bubble framing the name of the motel, yellow on sides of the bubble, red for the sides of the moon, reader board and its frame, and the base of the sign. Moon on top would internally light up on its own.
Sign - type of display: Neon, readerboard, internally illuminated moon
Sign - media: Steel and Plastic
Sign environment: Property is surrounded by motels and residential
Sign - date of redesign/move: Repainted in 2006, was a darker blue previous
Sign - artistic significance: Celestial theme popular during the Space Race era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Survey - research locations: Motel website, assessor's website
Survey - research notes: Approached office staff, owner was not in but I left my number and email at the front desk, no response.
Surveyor: Danny Jacobs
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-12
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Reader board; Back to back; Internally illuminated; Pole sign

Digital ID

neo000167
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    neo000167. Southern Nevada Neon Survey Records, 2002-2018. PH-00401. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dr2ph0x

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    Digital Provenance

    Original archival records created digitally

    Date Digitized

    2017-04-18
    2017-08-12

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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