General Electric Kline Plastic Sign

Object/Artifact

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American Sign Museum

Name/Title

General Electric Kline Plastic Sign

Entry/Object ID

2021.0051.0001

Description

A G.E. (General Electric) Kline plastic sign that is double-faced and internally illuminated. Though not much is known about this sign aside from the fact that it came from Cincinnati, GE’s history dates back to 1892 when Thomas Edison’s Edison General Electric Company in New York merged with Massachusetts’s Thomson-Houstan Electric Company. Though the company manufactured appliances and tvs, as this sign indicates, for several years, GE chose to dissolve their appliance and lighting division in 2014 to better focus on their aviation, power, and renewable energy initiatives.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Category

z_New Category Needed (Re-sort)

Made/Created

Time Period

1960 - 1969

Place

City

Cincinnati

State

Ohio

Dimensions

Height

48 in

Width

36 in

Depth

6 in

Weight

50 lb

Material

plastic, LED

Location

Category

Exhibit