And neon signs were popping up everywhere right in the middle of it all. "Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least ...

WARTMAN: Once we vacuum all the air out of the tube, we put the gas in - either neon gas, which lights up reddish-orange, or the blue gas, which is argon with mercury in it, which lights up blue.

"Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least one neon sign." Keeping the trade alive. By the late 1960s, the introduction of ...

In 2002, the sign was taken down and put into storage by Puget Sound Energy. A few years passed, and MOHAI officials told Puget Sound Energy that they didn’t want the big blue flame anymore.

A bid to preserve the neon Blue Parrot restaurant sign that has hung above Louisville’s Main Street for more than half a century has been stalled over rebranding concerns. The new owners of 640 ...

The original neon blue “C” from the Castro Theater will be on display with its spirals and diamonds, along with many other ...

We've seen them glowing on New York City theater billboards, Las Vegas casinos and Hong Kong high-rises. They cast unbidden light and shadow into restaurants and homes, and are a part of the daily ...

Once installed, the gas trapped inside is stable: Neon signs can last for decades. The Neon Company has on the wall a long blue tube that originally illuminated the ceiling of Fox Theatre, still ...

The city has changed its tune on neon signs, too. The tenant facade improvement program that once gave businesses money to remove their neon signs now gives out grants to restore signs. Black & Blue ...