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Photograph June 1993: Courtesy of Scott Sargent
 
Even as the Restaurant had given up its Howard Johnson name in the 1980s, Scott Sargent found it in 1993 to still be intact -- but Beaconized.
 
 

 
 
Photo 5-19-02: Courtesy of Scott Sargent
 
Topeka's larger than life Trapezoid sign was recycled to advertise the Liberty Inn during 1993, but retained the flasher arrow and HoJo's era "Restaurant."
 
 
Photos 2004: Courtesy of Scott Sargent
 
 
 
Above: A newer circa 1970s street level sign was reused by the Restaurant's final occupant, but "Howard Johnson's" was still easily legible as more than just a lablescar!
 
 
 
 
Shorn of its Beacon and mostly stripped of its interior, Scott Sargent found a rement of what had been a middle 1970s era Landmark Supply Company booth -- with its role intact.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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