Neal's Shoe Store & Repair was established in 1942. The store moved to this location in 1960 and these signs are believed to have been built then. The boot panel is about six feet wide. The signs are only partially lit now. Originally, the boot sign was lit in two-part animation with the word "Repairing" and the border around the boot flashing sequentially. [map]

This sign originally advertised for Wallace's Cowboy Outfitters which moved to this location in 1967. There were at least two Golden 6 Motel signs in Phoenix and Eloy, AZ which looked very similar. Those signs which had both neon and plastic panels were probably built in the 1960s. They might have been the inspiration for the Wallace's sign. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

I have no idea how old this Tino's Shoe Repair sign was. The sign and business were still there in 2018 but both were gone by 2019.

The A-Bob's Bail Bonds sign must have advertised for a shoe/boot repair shop or a Western wear store originally. It appears to be from the 1950s. [map]

Greer's Western Store started out as a boot and shoe repair business in 1935 in Ranger, TX. The business was moved to Eastland in 1981 and operated as Greer's Department Store. The store has been at its current location since 1998. The sign looks like it might be from the 1950s or 1960s. [map]

Dayton Boots was established in 1946 as a boot manufacturer in Vancouver. The sign was built in 1950 for the opening of the factory store. It represents the company's Dayton 64 work boot which was popular with local lumber workers. The sign is maintained and is still lit at night. For more, see this website. [map]

This giant boot sign was located at the Acme Boot store. The store closed in 2001. A furniture store moved into the building but this sign was still there when this photo was taken in 2007. The sign was dismantled in 2009.

I believe Camargo's Western Boots opened in 1973. This sign might be from then or it might have advertised for a previous boot store. [map]

Jewell Boot & Shoe Repair is closed but the sign remained. In a 2023 tornado, it was knocked to the ground and twisted. It seems unlikely that it will be repaired. [map]

Harry's Boots was established in 1939 as Leader Dry Goods. Harry took over the store in the early 1950s and it was renamed Harry's Department Store. In 1971, the store expanded to the corner and that part of the building became Harry's Boot Store. The entire store is now known as Harry's Boots. However, the business still functions as a department store selling Western clothing, furniture and other goods. This giant sign is probably from the 1950s. I assume that it had neon originally. [map]

M.L. Leddy Boots was founded in 1922 in Brady, TX. The company opened this store in San Angelo in 1936. All Leddy's boots are made in San Angelo, while the company's saddles are produced at the company's headquarters in Fort Worth. For more, see this website. [map]

The Silver Spur Motel and sign were built in 1952. The neon was removed sometime after 2013. The sign was originally installed much closer to the ground, between two neon text panels which are gone now. [map]

The Solano Shoe Shop opened in 1956 and this sign is probably from them. It most likely had neon originally. The business evolved into Soloano's Boot & Western Wear which is still operating. [map]

The Regal Shoe Company was established in Boston in 1893 and operated its factory in Whitman, MA. The company opened hundreds of shoe stores nationally and globally. It was one of the most successful shoe companies in the world before it went bankrupt in 1922. There is a surviving brass and terrazzo apron sign in Worcester, MA. The company had cast aluminum, high-top boot signs mass-produced for its stores. These signs were featured in print advertising as early as 1909. This advertisement is from 1917. There may have been earlier copper versions which were internally lit.

The Regal boot sign shown here is located at The Valentine museum. The Regal Shoe store in Richmond opened on Broad Street in 1905. By the early 1930s, there were two sign panels above the boot flush-mounted, the full width of the facade, reading "Coast to Coast" and "Regal Shoes." The store moved to two other locations on Broad before closing in 1965. The museum acquired the sign in 1967. It sat unrestored on the lawn until 1986 when it was restored by Chewning and Wilmer Inc. in Richmond. It was then hung in the parking lot of the museum where it remains today. [map]

Before the restoration, the sign had been retrofitted with neon on one side. During the restoration, it was changed to bulbs on both sides. There is an identical boot sign at the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. It was acquired in 2008 and has neon on one side and bulbs on the other. Starting in the late 1920s, many earlier bulb signs were either scrapped or updated with neon. These boot signs are six feet tall and weigh about seven hundred pounds. They have sockets for 132 bulbs and have spurs above their heels. There was another boot like these in Boston, MA (1 and 2).