I recently found such a mystery in the Electricity Collections. We have two small neon-type signs -- one reads "NBS" and the other, "Helium." Handwritten paper labels on each sign contained the ...

HAVE BEEN HUNG IN WINDOWS AND ON NEON SIGNS BUILDINGS FOR A BETTER PART OF THE PAST CENTURY, EACH ONE WITH IT’S OWN UNIQUE PURPOSE. EVERY SIGN DOES TELL THE STORY. MATT: BUT WHEN THAT PURPOSE IS ...

As early as the 1920s neon signs illuminated major metropolitan cities, peddling flashy wares and services to awestruck drivers and pedestrians. That is, until fluorescent lighting became dominant ...