One Arch McDonald’s Sign
1960’s Era McDonald’s Sign
(removed in 2016)
1755 Columbia Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
I was riding around in Lancaster today with no particular destination in mind. When I passed the McDonald’s on Columbia Avenue, I did a double-take. The old Sixties Era Single Arch McDonald’s sign was gone. I took these photos a few years ago; but hadn’t posted them. I’m glad that I still had them in my photo archive.
I was out of the “roadside loop” and I missed the news that the sign had been replaced early last year. Mike Fontaine, an avid McDonald’s memorabilia collector who also owns a McDonald’s in Allentown, adopted the sign. It is currently being stored and he hopes to include it in a McDonald’s Museum one day.
I was sad to see it gone; but happy that it didn’t end up in a landfill.
- Chad Umble’s Lancaster Online article about the sign
- Sue Gleier’s PennLive piece about the sign
- Debra Jane Seltzer, who knows everything about everything “roadside” has a great round-up of McDonald’s Single Arches
