Name/Title
Lake Lois Park SignEntry/Object ID
1998-012-0002Description
A black and orange plywood sign advertising the Lake Lois (Auto) Park. It is double sided, with the same words (though slightly different font) on the back. There are artistic orange dots between words on the same line, as if to show a space is/should be present there. There are two small holes at the top of the sign, presumably for display.Context
The Lake Lois Auto Park was operated by Alva D. McKinney between 1926-1935. It featured gas pumps, a grocery store and café, seven cabins, and floats for swimmers.
Elva and Alva McKinney came west to look for land after Alva’s brother started a successful resort in Maple Valley area. The lake was named after their only daughter, Lois. The original café had a soda fountain, groceries candy, punch boards, slot machines, a dance floor with a piano and a gas station. The café known as the Lake Lois barbecue. Lois lived in the café building that had living quarters behind the café until her death in 1998 at age 85.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
Front and BackTranscription
LAKE LOIS PARK
SWIMMING FISHING
CABINS 1 mi -->
GROCERIESMaterial/Technique
PaintedDimensions
Dimension Description
The sign is in a landscape orientation. It is 47 1/2 inches wide by 24 inches high, and is 3/8ths of an inch thick.Height
24 inWidth
47-1/2 inDepth
3/8 in
