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Elegant red and white neon sign from the 1950s that moved with Martin’s Chrome Furniture from East Vancouver to Coquitlam a few years ago. Article content 10) Dayton Boots, 2250 East Hastings ...
Neon sign inventor Georges Claude created the Claude Neon company, which licensed his patent to Neon Products in Vancouver. This ad is from the Dec. 17, 1929, Vancouver Daily Province. Article content ...
In the Fifties, Vancouver had approximately 19,000 neon signs – more than Las Vegas. There was more neon signage in Vancouver than anywhere else on the planet with one sign for every 18 ...
This city was home to 19,000 neon signs—one for every 18 people in Vancouver at the time and second only to Las Vegas. This neon glory is now a mere glimmer of Vancouver's bright past ever since the ...
Vancouver’s Concept Neon has been swamped with orders from the TV and film industry, but it’s still chipping away at a pleasure project — the restoration of vintage neon signs.
A recent Day in History column featured a 1941 Vancouver Sun contest to select the city’s best neon sign. The winner was a neon sign of Winston Churchill’s head. But there was a problem: There ...
An iconic piece of Burnaby's neon history is one wing-flap closer to illuminating Hastings Street once again.. The blue-and-white Eagle Ford neon sign blazed in electric splendour over the old car ...
Vancouver Chinatown’s once-iconic array of storefront neon lights may soon return, after B.C.’s government announced a one-time grant towards such revitalization projects.