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Apr. 28, 1941: The first electric animated sign, designed by American advertising executive Douglas Leigh, was placed on Broadway at 44th in New York City. The Camel cigarette ad puffed out five-foot-wide smoke rings of steam every four seconds. Over time, especially during wartime, the image was switched from soldiers to sailors to airmen. The sign remained on the Claridge Hotel until 1966, when the building was replaced. This photo is from the early 1950s.

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Vanderbilt, Michigan, USA

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Siesta Key, Florida, USA

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Night Owls Rejoice: A Neon-Lit Time Capsule in Albuquerque, 1986 ฆ‰ŒŒ

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Longboat Key, Florida, USA

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Primm, Nevada, USA

this casino has a now defunct roller coaster out front, and was the real world location that the Bison Steve casino and hotel in Fallout New Vegas was based on.

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Naples, Florida, USA

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Bradenton, Florida, USA

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Earth Station in Andover, Maine, 1962.

(Maine Memory Network)

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North Port, Florida, USA

before and after Hurricane Ian, and also before and after the county said No Signs Taller Than 15ft Allowed

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

this sign was originally on a billboard advertising the Palms Casino Resort in 2001 and was later acquired by the Neon Museum.

after the casino was bought in 2021 by the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority, a government entity of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians/Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, the tribe gave a grant to the Neon Museum to restore the sign. the restoration was completed in 2023 and the sign is on display at the museum, now fully functional.

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stammheimer straße // köln riehl

this is a pub frontage in typical cologne post-war architecture of the kind that can still be found in many parts of the city. the neon lettering of a typical cologne brewery gives the rather plain façade its charm.

es präsentiert sich in typischer kölner nachkriegsarchitektur eine kneipenfront wie man sie in vielen stadtteilen so oder ähnlich noch häufig findet. der neonschriftzug einer typischen kölsch brauerei gibt der eher schlichten fassade ihren reiz.

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Venice, Florida, USA

not pictured because I could not find a picture: the time it said "SORRY FOR WHAT I SAID WHEN IT WAS 109F OUT"

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UC or ER?

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Powell Street, Vancouver, 1984. Photo by Fred Herzog