The Rainier Beer ‘R’ and other Seattle neon we love and miss

If you like neon and Seattle’s cultural icons – and want to see cool old pictures of dancing Rainier Beers – this slideshow will fulfill that need.

They're not much to look at by day. But by night, they light up the sky and welcome you home. Around for decades and key to the landscape, they're Seattle's classic neon signs. 

 A close-up of the P-I globe, on which "New Zealand" suffers from rust.

With the welcomed return of Rainier Beer's "R" to the skyline, here's our take for the best neon signs in Seattle. Some are long gone and others no longer glow, but all are iconically Seattle.

After you see how many signs you recognize, check out the slideshow below for more details on the return of the Rainier Beer "R."