1999.0009.0020

photograph of signshop truck with figure – R & H Strachan Inc. Signs
“We Made Signs Before We Could Talk”
1 of 20 photographs in notebook stamped “American Neon R & H Strachan Inc.”

1999.0009.0021

B&W photograph of electric hospital sign.

Screen Shot 2021-07-30 at 8

1999.0009.0022a

Letter to R & H Strachan Inc. from Lewis E. Birdseye, Superintendent of the Jewish Hospital. Dated January 24, 1928. Describes the Hospital Sign Letter was found with the sample hospital sign.

(1999.0009.0022b is envelope for this letter)

1999.0009.0022b

Envelope for the letter (0022a) to R & H Strachan Inc.
Post-marked January 25, 1928

1999.0009.0023

metal sign tag – Reads: R & H Strachan Inc. Electric Signs, Brooklyn, NY “We Made Signs Before We Could Talk”

1999.0009.0024

sample of electric hospital sign for doctors going in and out
sample sign is in a carrying case

1999.0010.0001

Corning Glass Neon Tube Color Chart booklet with neon color samples and suggested color combinations, pages flip to change combinations.

(See also 2003.0065.0029)

1999.0010.0002

Vendor’s metal label/tag – Electrical Products Corporation

1999.0010.0003

Metal label/tag for tansformer – Montroy Electrical Mfg. Co.

1999.0010.0004

metal label/tag – “International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Affiliated With American Federation of Labor.”
Tag has indentification numbers on it