Gross Hardware Hammer Neon Sign

Object/Artifact

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American Sign Museum

Name/Title

Gross Hardware Hammer Neon Sign

Entry/Object ID

2007.0080.0001

Description

"Gross Hardware" double-faced, painted sheetmetal neon sign is in the shape of a hammer. An icon of Columbus, Indiana since 1948, the Museum acquired the Gross Hardware Hammer in 2007. It took two years of work by Harmon Sign Company of Toledo, Ohio to restore the hammer to its former glory as all the sign graphics had been painted over in rust primer and the neon removed sometime after the business closed in 1998.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Category

z_New Category Needed (Re-sort)

Made/Created

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Place

State

Unknown

Dimensions

Height

180 in

Width

92 in

Material

Porcelain enamel, neon, Paint, Metal

Location

Category

Exhibit