Billboards approaching Tucumcari boasted “Tucumcari Tonite – 2000 rooms.” Motels, restaurants, gas stations and curio shops, all vying for the motorists attention. Many of the signs survived, some not. Take a trip through our slideshow and enjoy the show.
Click on an image to freeze the slideshow, click again to restart. The notation “gone” refers to the sign has been removed. The notation “dark” means that the sign is not working.
Special thanks to all our photographers, Johnnie Meier, Cindy Carson, Rhys Martin, Jim Thole. Additional images selected from around the internet.