Phillips 66 - 1950's 48" Neon Sign, Porcelain, Embossed, Rough (Neon #1) Federal Electric Company

Phillips 66 - 1950's 48" Neon Sign, Porcelain, Embossed, Rough (Neon #1) Federal Electric Company
Phillips 66 - 1950's 48" Neon Sign, Porcelain, Embossed, Rough (Neon #1) Federal Electric Company - фотография #2
Phillips 66 - 1950's 48" Neon Sign, Porcelain, Embossed, Rough (Neon #1) Federal Electric Company - фотография #3
Phillips 66 - 1950's 48" Neon Sign, Porcelain, Embossed, Rough (Neon #1) Federal Electric Company - фотография #4
Бренд: Federal Electric Company
~ 26 018 ₽ 281.00 $

Характеристики

Type of Advertising Sign
Date of Creation 1950's
Color Orange and Black
Original/Reproduction Original
Country/Region of Manufacture United States

I can make arrangements for shipping. Several have asked from Tucson, Idaho Falls, to Newark, (even Italy) FedEx Ground estimates $130 to $160, and $25 for packing materials to lower 48.


Yep, she's rough, there's a few screws where the clips were for the neon. Would look great on the side of the barn with other signs in a similar condition.


The story of these signs – Over a year and a half ago I purchased the property that joins mine from the estate of my neighbor.  It had a collapsed building on it and was jungle-like.  Seems he had retired in about 1980 from his business of installing gas tanks, pumps, exterior lighting, and signs for service stations over a many year career.  The signs were stored outside the collapsed building.  Over the 35+ years, or more because we don’t know when the signs were put in their place, debris from the many trees, the winter and summer storms, etc., had buried them 8 to 10 inch below the current surface.  I have been cleaning the lot since the initial purchase, carrying off many lots of scrap metal, aluminum, etc., picking through the debris for usable items.  On July 14, 2017 as I was cleaning up some tree limbs, scrap metal, and part of the old building I noticed something orange underneath some of the buried scrap metal and began to clean the area.  I found 15 Phillips 66 vintage porcelain double-sided (13) and  neon signs (2), dated from 8/1941, that’s before the attack on Pearl Harbor, to 1958 (59 years ago).  From my research it seems this design was used from 1939 until 1959, with the first two years being a brighter orange, after 1941 they became a pumpkin orange and black.


Federal Signal was founded as the Federal Electric Company in 1901 by brothers John and James Gilchrist and partner John Goehst, manufacturing and selling store signs lit by incandescent lamps. By 1915, they began manufacturing and selling electrically operated mechanical sirens (such as the Q Siren and the Model 66 Siren).  During this time, Federal Electric came under the ownership of Commonwealth Edison eventually becoming a part of the utility empire of Samuel Insull.


By the 1950s, the company was manufacturing outdoor warning sirens, most notably the Thunderbolt series, primarily intended for warning of air raids or fallout during the Cold War. Many of these sirens have been removed, but some still operate in tornado siren systems. Longtime engineer Earl Gosswiller patented the Beacon-Ray and TwinSonic products, which set the standard for emergency vehicle lightbars.


In 1956, the company became a corporation, renaming itself "Federal Sign and Signal Corporation". By this time, it made outdoor warning sirens, police sirens, fire alarms, and outdoor lighting.


By 1961, Federal Sign and Signal had gone public, trading on the NASDAQ market. In 1976, the company became Federal Signal Corporation.


On Feb 22, 2000, Federal Signal Corporation announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of P.C.S. Company ("P.C.S.").[4]


On June 27, 2005, Federal Signal Corporation announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to establish a Chinese company, Federal Signal (Shanghai) Environmental & Sanitary Vehicle Company Limited, based near Shanghai, China.[5]


On February 29, 2016, Federal Signal announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Joe Johnson Equipment and the rights to the name and company.


I would strongly advise making the trip to pick them up, I live almost in the center of the United States, Paducah, KY, then you can crate and cushion the way you want it.  This sign WILL lie flat in a standard pickup truck bed.  Or I can help with making arrangements to get them crated and shipped.  I can also deliver in the lower 48, if interested we can discuss the cost.