Seeing the various movie-style marquees on (and on top of) the Harvey's building in various places reminds me that the marquee changer job is just about extinct now. Replaced by electronic reader boards.
I remember seeing the guy changing movie marquees weekly as the new picture came to town. Same with the gas station guy with the LOOOONG pole changing the price of gas on the sign out front -- always the price going UP not down!
Those Harvey's letters, in different sizes, colors and fonts would be fun to have a few of, but they were probably thrown out a long time ago. Besides, establishing provenance to the letters as being from Harvey's, rather than the grocery store down the street, would be difficult.
Last comment -- did you know there's a type font called "Casino", which is a block capital letter with a bunch of circles inside it, representing light bulbs. Screenshot of the font below, along with a postcard pic of the Four Queens and Fremont with those types of letters.
(Postcard pic from ChipGuide)
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