The sign alone would have been worth a photograph. Add in the shadow…and I had to stop.

Turns out that the sign, for the Scott Theater (which opened in 1959), was a revolving marquee fashioned after signs at the New York World’s Fair.  The sign weighed 5 tons, and was said to have cost $35,000.  It was also said to be able to withstand winds of 130 miles per hour.  Mr. Bill Martin, whose company designed and built the sign, said it was “the ultimate design for the future of all marquees.”

The theater closed in the late 1980s. And the sign hasn’t blow down yet.

Odessa, Texas
photographed 12.8.2013