Final Fairbury

We do appreciate a good mural.

We hope to return to Fairbury, because we're sure there's more signs.

There were traces of a Coca-Cola sign we couldn't quite get because

of the setting sun.

When ghost sign hunting, be sure to prowl a few alleys.

 

Uneeda?

 

As we walked away from the Majestic Motion Pictures find, (see previous entry),

we noticed this, and went around to the front of the block for a better view.

No dice.

So, we went back, into the alley, hoping something

would be visible. We were not disappointed.

The combination of the shadow and setting sun

means the photo ain't so great.

A lot of detail is lost.

But this is a layered beauty, and we believe it to be

an ad for Uneeda Biscuit.

(This may be our first Uneeda sign in person. There is

at least one in the collection from a loyal reader.)

Uneeda Biscuit signs, like Mail Pouch, Bull Durham,

and Coca-Cola signs, have a certain magic in the 

ghost sign community.

Or at least it seems that way to us.

Majestic

 

We spotted this in Downtown Fairbury.

Whether this was a movie theater or a movie studio is up for some debate.

The wording suggests it was more than just a theater, but googling Majestic Motion Pictures

shows there was a production company by that name but gives no indication

they made movies in Fairbury. Which could mean this was a distribution office.

The yellow border on this otherwise unreadable sign

leads us to believe it's also for the mysterious Majestic.

This may be a recreation, or at least a refresh, but we still

thought it worth including.

More from Fairbury

 

Much more from Fairbury, actually.

These were unreadable to us, but in staring at them, we noticed something else:

You can still buy Salada Tea today.

Glass ghost signs are a rare treat.

Not a lot readable here...

On the right, we can make out the word Crawford, 

Everyone, and the word cheaper.

And on the left, Paint.

And in the middle bottom... and there's something beneath 

the Steakhouse.

Still much more to come.

Fair Bury

When in southeast Nebraska, be sure to visit

Fairbury for all your ghost sign needs.

Driving around with the family, my mother spotted this one.

Coca-Cola on the left, 

what we believe to be Gooch's Best Macaroni in the middle,

and you're on your own for the right.

 

Same building. 

Just above the doors, there's a faint outline of some lettering.

And across the top, at the roofline, we see what we think is

The Morgan Trans-something something something.

And downtown Fairbury held many more surprises

than we were expecting.

Stay tuned.