Nearly seven months later, the neon sign that hung outside the store ... a very early porcelain enamel Dairy Queen sign, a '60s or '70s Ford sign and the Watson's Flowers sign.

In my wildest dreams, Smith’s 70-foot neons would ... mused about Smith’s. “Its sign was clearly handmade by an expert in stainless steel metalwork and neon tubing, worked into that classic ...