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Miss Neon I recall there were a lot more neon signs around when I was young. It seems that internally lit plastic signs ...
... when I left there in 1975.
"House" with a neon sign When we drove through Phenix City in the mid '50s, I heard the ... the places offering "entertainment" was outfitted with a neon sign so it could be easily found by those wishing to pay for female ...
... to the right of the poster, is awaiting his cameo.
Neon Sign The neon sign pointing to the "Street Cars" is a mate to one we have that says "To ...
... Skyscrapers and offices took over and now it's like the neon landscape of The Street never existed.
Proud Fink That is the first ... spun it in 1975.
From my own stash of 78's :
Neon and Rain-Washed Street I think this is my favorite modern-era Shorpy ...
... night time shots of it?
[The nighttime shot of this neon sign is here . - Dave]
Animation Thanks Dave, do you know if ... westbound US-30.) I remember being in awe of a big neon Phillips 66 sign receding in the distance as my dad drove west. It was a ...
... Great pic, brings back great memories.
Market Street neon Thanks for posting all the wonderful vintage SF street scenes. --Randall and Al, San Francisco Neon, neonbook.xyz
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... video display, its 48-pixel-square grid composed of small neon lamps.
Washington, D.C., in 1928. "NO CAPTION" is the caption for ... over this system (closed circuit) in 1928. Those are neon tubes on display and the scanning wheel can be seen in the background It ...
... Does it cough and wheeze?
Overlap I wonder what the neon over the top of the words "Costlier Tobacco" would say when lit? It looks ... crossing the street?
Slower Burning One of the neon sign slogans apparently was "Slower Burning"
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... Can it be that a mere 36 years ago it was still a world of neon signs, diners that offered "eats," public telephones and gigantic ... of how long ago 36 years really was, than the cars, or the neon, is the vintage Bell "Public Telephone" sign. The Bell System has been ...
... have been a major job keeping signs illuminated in the pre-neon days. Now even neon is passe -- being replaced by LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).
[Neon -- ...
... commonplace, and how things looked in the era before neon, although if Wikipedia is correct neon lighting was demonstrated in Paris shortly before this photo was taken.
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