Name/Title
Norgetown Plastic Globe SignEntry/Object ID
2010.0005.0001Description
Norgetown Cleaners and Laundromat was located at 1247 Main Street in Sanford, Maine, and part of the nationwide laundromat chain Norge Village Cleaners. Norgetown was bought by Maytag in 1980. The location formally closed in 2009.
In addition to a flat building sign, it also displayed this large-scale plastic globe that rotated and was lit internally. it is said that less than 50 globes are known to still exist.Collection
Permanent CollectionCategory
z_New Category Needed (Re-sort)
Made/Created
Time Period
1960 - 1969Place
* Untyped Place
SanfordState
MaineMaterial
plastic, Fluorescent Lightbulbs, Metal, Paint