Alt description: Joan Gladstone’s painting depicts the vintage Tropics restaurant sign in Lincoln, Illinois, featuring a stylized palm tree and bold dimensional lettering advertising a coffee shop, dining room, and cocktail lounge against a cloud-filled blue sky.
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Meta description: Joan Gladstone captures the vintage Tropics sign in Lincoln, Illinois, celebrating the bold typography, playful design, and roadside nostalgia of historic Route 66.