Above - barely visible through the Mr. Quick sign, notice the Mr. Fresh sign. Mr. Fresh was located next door to Mr. Quick in East Moline. The top portion of the sign reads Mr. Fresh with the Mr. Fresh icon. Next is the Milk sign and last is the readerboard portion which had weekly specials on it for various Baker's products such as Milk, Ice Cream and Lemon-Lime Drink.

Below - Mr. Quick hamburgers. Click on the picture to go to the Mr. Quick Page.

Mr. Quick's headquarters was located in Moline, Illinois.

Below - a terrific view of Moline's legendary 5th Avenue. Notice Jupiter Store, Woolworths and New York Store. In the distance - The Leclaire Hotel. On the right in the picture is the sign for Carson Pirie Scott.

Below - another view of 5th Avenue featuring W.T. Grant which opened on November 16th, 1954 at 1613 5th Ave. Next door is Bond Walgreens Drugs.

Below - three shots of the interior of Carson Pirie Scott's three story building.

J.C. Penney in downtown Moline, Illinois before it moved to Moline's Southpark Mall.

King Plaza had a formidable line-up of Sears, Kresge, Kinney Shoes, local clothier Mosenfelder's, Goldsmith women’s apparel, Walgreens and A&P Grocery.

Click on the picture to see a bigger view.

Sears had relocated in 1962 from downtown Moline to King Plaza in 1962. This is the great Sears sign that was on their King Plaza anchor building. Sears later moved to Southpark Mall in 1990 and was replaced by John Deere Insurance.

Kinney Shoes interior shot. Click on the picture for a larger view.

A rare shot of Geifman's sign. Geifman took over the former A&P property when A&P left. Geifman then sold out to Hy Vee which occupied the space until moving to their new location at the former Target Store property.

In the 4200 block of 23rd Avenue, next to Kmart, was Der Wienerschnitzel. Der Wienerschnitzel's buiding had a unique design and was painted red. One would pull up to the menu-board and order food by talking into the speaker. The distance between the sign and the drive-in entrance to pick up and pay for your food was approximately three car lengths. Between the menu-board and 23rd Avenue measured around three car lengths as well. This meant that many times during the noon hour, the line spilled over into the right hand lane of 23rd Avenue causing traffic problems. Der Wienerschnitzel had terrific hot dogs which were welcome relief from the standard fare of fast food hamburgers served on the strip.

The front of the building had an entrance where you could enter & walk up to the counter to order food. There was also one or two small tables with chairs to sit and eat at if needed. The walk-up area inside of the building was very small and while ordering you could view the kitchen area. To the right of the drive-thru was a storage area which was not visible to the public.

Moline Building Center. This building later became Sportsland. Eventually it was raised and became Hardees relocated 23rd Avenue location. Hardees was leveled and is now CVS.

23rd Ave. Kmart included KFOOD which was K-Mart's grocery store. It was located in the right hand section of the building.

McDonald's original 23rd Ave. building. Moline was one of the first franchises from Ray Kroc outside of the Chicagoland area.

Below - Sandy's Drive-In on 4th Ave. Click on the image to go to the Sandy's website. Next door to Sandy's was Fun Mart cycles. Fun Mart was formerly Sun Mart.

Harrelson Motors, the oldest automobile dealership in the Quad Cities.

Italian Village - if you have a picture of the Italian Village with the sphere sign please email me.

Midwest National Bank. This building sits empty out the outskirts of the cheap Cinemas. The Cinemas building was original Turn-Styles and then later Venture's.

LeClaire Friendly Service Mobil Station on 5th Ave in downtown Moline.

Yankee Doodle Pizza on 16th Street.

National Car Wash, downtown Moline.

Moline's finest in 1966.

The Moline Quad Cities Airport. Click on the picture for a bigger view. Notice in the bigger view that the Quad Cities is listed as Rock Island, Moline, East Moline and Davenport.