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The latest retro neon sign. Unless there was a later version, it's not a replica, according to this 1909 photo.

From BC Magazine, August 1911

"Thirty High-Class Shows on the Skid Road"

Now there's a sentence you won't hear these days. The midway at the PNE was called Skid Road, long before the name got it's current connotations.

From BC Magazine, vol 7, no 7, 1911

& CANDLES
Ricketts Signs
shing

Ghost sign on old Louvre Saloon, alley northwest of Hastings & Carrall. The sign company was Bond and Ricketts Ltd.

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