The sign is one-of-a-kind and was built locally. This sign had been built by the early 1950s and might have been built when the location first opened. The Dairy Queen signs in Newberg and Austin are the only two that I know of with this design. The Dairy Queen is still there but this sign was gone by 2009. The modern lettering indicates that this was a modern or updated sign. I have never seen this style anywhere else. The Dairy Queen sign in Holdrege featured a tilted cone on an abstract background panel. The lips logo sign is now displayed at the Casa Grande Neon Sign Park in Casa Grande, AZ. New logo signs were also added to the front of the building and the pole was painted black. The lips logo sign at the top of the pole was replaced with new panels with the new logo. However, after pressure from the public, the sign was allowed to stay. The neon sign was nearly removed by corporate headquarters in 2016. The towering sign pole makes the sign visible from I-40. The Drive Thru sign and arrow were probably built in the 1960s well. Dairy Queen developed the lips logo in 1960. The plastic lips logo sign was probably from the 1960s. It was originally installed by itself on a much shorter pole. The sign is supposedly from then or was at least there by 1957. I have never seen a Dairy Queen sign promoting hamburgers before. The neon sign at this Dairy Queen is apparently unique. However, it was designated a landmark and put back on display. The city ordinance would not have allowed the sign to be reinstalled once it was repaired. In 2020, the sign was hit by a car and crashed to the ground. My guess is that Snookies acquired this sign at some point after they opened and had it reworked. However, the building does not look like a Dairy Queen. This sign appears to be an adapted Dairy Queen sign. Snookies Malt Shop looks like it was built in the 1950s or 1960s. Ĭarol's Dairy Bar was apparently a Dairy Queen originally. The Dairy Mart Drive Inn sign looks like an imitation Dairy Queen sign. The rectangular piece was was an addition. This Dairy Queen sign in Columbus was adapted for a nail salon. The building was clearly built as a Dairy Queen. The cone is very small and I doubt those uneven bulbs were part of the original design. This Dairy Queen sign in Detroit appears to be unique. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. 1953" on the sign must refer to when the Dairy Queen opened. The neon was removed and the sign was adapted. In 2008, the stand became the Old Benson Ice Cream Stop.
The first photo of this Dairy Queen sign in Benson is from 2007. By 2013, this location had closed and the sign was gone. Despite the name change, this sign might have been the least transformed of those shown here since it matches this 1950s sign in Boston, MA pretty closely. This Dairy King sign in Richmond probably advertised for Dairy Queen originally. I don't know how many of these round neon Dairy Queen signs are original, altered, or recent replicas. The building's roof appears to have been retrofitted in the 1970s to look similar to a more modern type. The sign is probably from the 1960s or 1970s. This sign is vintage and was evidently mass-produced but I have never seen another one like it. It features an unusual embossed plastic pole sign. This Dairy Queen in Williams opened in the 1950s. (hit "refresh" to get the most recent version of this page click on photos for larger images)
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