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Firestone Vertical Blade Neon Sign

Object/Artifact
1950s double-faced neon porcelain enamel sign for Firestone
Firestone Vertical Blade Neon Sign picture number 1
Firestone sign exhibit before expansion Original location of sign Firestone Vertical Blade Neon Sign picture number 4 Original location of sign Original location of sign Myke Baugh (donor) with the Firestone sign; This photo was taken at a letterheads event after the opening of the museum's expansion Sign tag/Makers Mark

2005.0018.0001

Originally at 1810 8th Ave SW, Jamestown, ND 58401, it was removed after a fire destroyed the original Firestone it was displayed at. It was going to be put back up, but was out of compliance with zoning laws so it was donated to the museum.

Permanent Collection

Porcelain Enamel — Neon-illuminated, Signs/Displays

Signs/Displays

Bellows Electric Sign Corp.

1950 - 1959

Makers Mark

Right side of sign cabinet

Bellows; Electric Sign Corp.; Akron, Ohio, 44309

Label

16 ft

3 ft

20 in

1000 lb

Porcelain enamelNeonMetal

Exhibit

Exhibit