Next month, the American Sign Museum opens its doors in my old hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Judging by the signs in the online collection, it looks like it will be a lot of fun to visit!
The 2 x 8-ft. three-dimensional eyeglasses probably date to the turn-of-the-century. When the sign was acquired, it had plastic lenses in place of the original glass lenses, which would have had goldleaf and/or painted "eyes." The electrode housing holes around the bridge indicate that the sign had later been retrofitted for neon-probably in the 1930s. The sign is currently undergoing restoration by David Benko, the Museum's Electric Sign Curator.
Link (via Near, Near Future)
