Next we have two shots of the old Texas Fireproof Storage building on Mary Street next to the old railroad tracks through town.
Just across the way from Texas Fireproof Storage was the old Central Freight Lines building in it's signature green, also on Mary Street by the tracks. This is where my father worked for many years before they built a new terminal and offices in West Waco on Waco Drive. My father worked there a few years before passing away.
Next I have two pictures of and near the old Waco Theatre on Austin Avenue. In the first picture you can barely make out the the "Wac" near the fire escape stairs in this picture. The "o Theatre" is easier to see in person rather than the picture. This sign was painted on the side of the theatre. The linen cuffs and collars sign is on the building next to the old Waco Theatre. The Waco Theatre is now known as the Waco Hippodrome.
The next two pictures are not of ghost signs. They are of the ALICO Building. The ALICO Building was the home of American Life Insurance Company and American Amicable Life Insurance Company. The company was chartered in Waco, TX in 1909. There is a different American Life Insurance Company with general offices in Delaware. The one in Delaware was originally named Asia Life Insurance Company. I just thought they looked good and wanted to include them. The ALICO withstood the Waco Tornado of 1953 that completely tore down the old R.T. Dennis Furniture Company building just acroos the street on Austin Avenue.
The last picture is a close up of the American flag on top of the ALICO. I love it!
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