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Chip Curley | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Nashville Signs tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Nashville Signs

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Sign Sign everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign.
Starlite Club
Starlite Club		 Purple Onion Adult Bookstore
Purple Onion Adult Bookstore		 Phillips Toy Mart
Phillips Toy Mart		 Tommy's Country Playhouse
Tommy's Country Playhouse		 Beaman Pontiac
Beaman Pontiac
Jim Reed Chevrolet
Jim Reed Chevrolet		 Great Escape Comics & Albums
Great Escape Comics & Albums		 Noshville Deli
Noshville Deli		 Jones Pet Shop
Jones Pet Shop		 Pancake Pantry
Pancake Pantry
Chaffin's Barn Theatre
Chaffin's Barn Theatre		 Belle Meade Theatre
Belle Meade Theatre		 Dairy Dip
Dairy Dip		 Swetts Soul Food
Swetts Soul Food		 Community Church
Community Church
Liquor store
Liquor store		 Mad Platter Restaurant
Mad Platter Restaurant		 Brother Pig
Brother Pig		 Drake Hardware
Drake Hardware		 Hatch Show Print
Hatch Show Print
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe		 The Stag
The Stag		 Printer's Alley
Printer's Alley		 Mrs. Grissoms
Mrs. Grissoms		 Worlds Largest Adult Bookstore
Worlds Largest Adult Bookstore
Becker's Bakery
Becker's Bakery		 Becker's Bakery
Becker's Bakery		 Issac Litton High
Issac Litton High		 Psychic Readings
Psychic Readings		 Geraldine's
Geraldine's
Acme Farm Supply
Acme Farm Supply		 Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe		 Joe's Crab Shack
Joe's Crab Shack		 Music City Liquors
Music City Liquors		 Elliston Soda Shop
Elliston Soda Shop
Exit In Music Club
Exit In Music Club		 J & J's Market
J & J's Market		 Dairy King Thompson Lane
Dairy King Thompson Lane		 Silverado
Silverado		 Atomic Cleaners
Atomic Cleaners
Country Western Bar
Country Western Bar		 Fountain Square
Fountain Square		 Tootsie's Alley Sign
Tootsie's Alley Sign		 Nashville Palace
Nashville Palace		 Cafe
Cafe
Smokehouse Tavern
Smokehouse Tavern		 Rooms by the hour
Rooms by the hour		 Where the stars shop
Where the stars shop		 Nashville Night Life
Nashville Night Life		 Cock of the Walk
Cock of the Walk
Nashboro Motel
Nashboro Motel		 Psychic
Psychic		 World Famous Pool
World Famous Pool		 Nashville Toy Museum
Nashville Toy Museum		 Hewgley's Music
Hewgley's Music
Sportsman Store
Sportsman Store		 White Trash Cafe
White Trash Cafe		 Army Surplus
Army Surplus		 Gerst Haus
Gerst Haus		 Vandyland
Vandyland
Rotier's
Rotier's		 Willie Nelson Museum
Willie Nelson Museum		 Nashville Wax Museum
Nashville Wax Museum		 Stardust Theatre
Stardust Theatre		 Ernest Tubb Theatre
Ernest Tubb Theatre
Jack's Barbeque
Jack's Barbeque		 Sweet N Sassy
Sweet N Sassy		 Madison Bowling
Madison Bowling		 Madison Square
Madison Square		 Denim and Diamonds
Denim and Diamonds
Purple Onion #1
Purple Onion #1		 Nashville Psychic Center
Nashville Psychic Center		 Nashville Spring
Nashville Spring		 Rock City Machine
Rock City Machine		 Bailey's Pub
Bailey's Pub
Loveless Motel
Loveless Motel		 Belcourt Theatre
Belcourt Theatre		 Last Chance Liquors
Last Chance Liquors		 Oak Valley Bowling
Oak Valley Bowling		 Bourbon Street Blues Bar
Bourbon Street Blues Bar
Ralph's Cleaners
Ralph's Cleaners		 Western Room
Western Room		 Brass Stables
Brass Stables		 Berry's Pawn
Berry's Pawn		 Alleygators
Alleygators
Wendell Smith's Eats
Wendell Smith's Eats		 Hudgins Moving
Hudgins Moving		 Dixieland
Dixieland		 Packed with couples on a Sat nite
Packed with couples on a Sat nite		 Buying used adult magazines?
Buying used adult magazines?
Curious Heart
Curious Heart		 Phonolux
Phonolux		 Purity Milk
Purity Milk		 Lower Broad
Lower Broad		 Nashville West
Nashville West

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Kent Graves 30-Apr-2014 22:34
How freaking cool and wonderful. I was a graphics arts major and these sighns were definitely one of my childhood inspirations (well, maybe not the Purple Onion, lol)
Gary 29-Mar-2007 19:03
Hi, thanks capturing these. You need to head out Gallatin Road and get The Knife and Fork diner (and probably some others of interest if you keep an eye open).
Mary 19-Feb-2007 22:04
Glad you got Becker's Bakery, long gone!
guest 29-Dec-2006 15:30
Glad you got the Acme before it goes.
Guest 14-Dec-2006 06:32
Nice! The Willie Nelson mural would be cool, too. I don't know how you'd get an angle on it, though. It's near Demonbreun and Gateway, near the Schermerhorn (sp?)
Guest 18-Nov-2006 18:48
Wonderful....you got all the greats plus some I hadn't quite looked carefully at before and they were great. One of the things that made me like Nashville when I moved here from NYC were these cool signs. Get the Orchid Dry Cleaners on Charlotte Ave. before it falls over!
Guest 08-Mar-2006 18:16
You need to add Phonolux. No such gallery is complete without it.
katwilkens28-Feb-2006 16:24
You have some classics here!!
Steve Cavanah28-Feb-2006 04:02
I found another cool sign gallery @http://www.pbase.com/katwilkens/motels
Steve Cavanah05-Dec-2005 03:07
Awesome collection of Nashville signs.
Guest 03-Dec-2005 03:02
What about the old Melrose bowling alley sign? That would be a great addition! And the Bar-b-cutie on Nolensville.
Bob 18-Aug-2005 20:53
One you missed was the upsidedown wedding cake sign at Franz (or was it Hans)Boquet Bakery on West End. Just west of the Hippodrome & across the street from Candyland (Vandyland)
Meri Howard 01-Jul-2005 15:07
Love the signs. I'm a born & raised Nashvillian. But I think you need to add one for the Drake motel down on Murfreesboro Road. That place is a Nashville institution.
Chris Branan30-Apr-2005 03:42
Very coll stuff. Man, you found some great signs there. Has a very much of a 50's feel.
Layla 22-Mar-2005 02:17
Awesome gallery. I'm from Nashville but away at school, and this was a really great nostalgia trip. :)
Guest 21-Jan-2005 02:49
Oh man! But hey, I love your work. Local nashvillian here and I must say you've gotten some of the best. Almost makes me want to do a scavenger hunt to find all those places. :) Nice work dude. -ryan
Ron Paolini15-Dec-2004 00:33
Nice signs. Maybe next time, get a good close up of Jack's (near the Stage downtown). Jack will appreciate that.

Ron.
Jim11-Dec-2004 05:51
Nice gallery. I also have a sign gallery.
Steve Cavanah17-Nov-2004 00:28
Great gallery. Signs are cool. Don't stop shooting.
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