POPS Lightbulb & Metal Lettering Sign

Cut-out plywood letters with animated lightbulbs mounted on a steel tubel frame. Sign was fabricated in three sections.

Object Number : 2012.0007.0001

Type : signs/displays

Sub Types : Array

Decade : 1960 - 1969

Object Height : 11 ft.

Object Width : 18 ft.

Object Depth : 3 in. (w/o lightbulbs installed)

Object Weight : 250 lbs. (est.)

Object History :

Sign originally hung on the stage behind the symphony at Music Hall. It was often disassembled and re-installed at Riverbend when the symphony played at the summer venue.

Originally from the Cincinnati POPS orchestra and traveled with them for about 25 years before management decided to retire it. Their original plan was to dispose of it, but that created a PR nightmare as their patrons were very attached to the older sign. The orchestra decided to rethink their plan and donate the sign to the museum.

The sign might have been made by the maintenance man. It is crudely made sign made out of plywood and glitter sprinkled on it (although the glitter doesn’t really do anything).

City of Origin : Cincinnati

State of Origin : Ohio

Status : Storage

Location : Annex

Donor Name : Cincinnati Pops Symphony

Condition :

Very Good: Sign was working when donated, but the flasher was replaced with a flasher that would allow both animation and no animation.

Restoration Cost : $99.00

Restoration Description :

5-3-2014: New animator installed and wiring re-worked

Maintenance History :

6-3-2022: Rewire and install bulbs at a cost of $112.00

First Contact Date : 1/15/2012

First Contact Description : Phone call

Follow Up Date : 3/23/2012

Follow Up Description : Picked-up sign

Object Received Date : 3/23/2012

Object Cataloged Date : 11/5/2018

Private Documents : Array