Acapulco Mexican Food Porcelain Enamel & Neon Sign
Object/Artifact
Double-faced, porcelain enamel, diecut neon sign. Sign features chasing clear incandescent lightbulbs with colored (red, amber, and green) plastic caps.
2007.0076.0001
Sign was originally located in Kansas City, MO. It appears that the "Acapulco" porcelain enamel panel and neon was retrofitted when the restaurant changed names. Acapulco is one of the largest cities in Mexico and is likely what the restaurant was named after due to the cities popularity with U.S. tourists in the 1940s and 1950s.
Permanent Collection
Porcelain Enamel — Lightbulb-illuminated, Signs/DisplaysPorcelain Enamel — Neon-illuminated, Signs/Displays
Signs/Displays
1950 - 1959
Date made: Late 1950's
132 in
106 in
15 in
900 lb
Exhibit
