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After three trips to Las Vegas in the last six months, I finally got to make it to the Neon Museum’s Boneyard. I had tried to go twice previously but the key to getting in is to book a tour as far in advance as possible. The tour was an amazing experience. The organization behind it has the goal of preserving as much of the old Vegas signage as possible and making it accessible to the public. I believe these are very worthy goals, so I was glad to make the requested donation to go on the tour.
There are several impressive aspects of these old neon signs: the wonderful lettering styles, the engineering of some pieces, but perhaps the most impressive aspect is the scale of many of these old instalations.
More photos at flickr.
I must by lysdexic because I swear to you I read “old Vegas sin-age”!!!