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Title: People and horses outside Cuba shop with sign "la mejor de esta ciudad"
Date(s): 1911?, 1911
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_05_184
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Wawa Food Market freestanding sign
Date(s): 1970/1980, 1970, 1980
Contributor(s): Wawa, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Wawa, Inc. historical photographs (Accession 1992.214)
Hagley ID: 92214_266
Collection: Wawa, Inc. Public Relations photographs and audiovisual materials

Title: Wawa Market hanging sign in Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date(s): 1970/1980, 1970, 1980
Contributor(s): Wawa, Inc. (originator)
Description: Chestnut Hill
Collection ID: Wawa, Inc. historical photographs (Accession 1992.214)
Hagley ID: 92214_268
Collection: Wawa, Inc. Public Relations photographs and audiovisual materials

Title: Airway rooftop marker for Hatboro (Pa.)
Date(s): 1936-09-26
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_09192
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Wawa Food Market freestanding sign with American flag
Date(s): 1970/1980, 1970, 1980
Contributor(s): Wawa, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Wawa, Inc. historical photographs (Accession 1992.214)
Hagley ID: 92214_267
Collection: Wawa, Inc. Public Relations photographs and audiovisual materials

Title: Walter Janney residence
Date(s): 1920/1930, 1920, 1930
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_00363
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: The Pulse: A Case Study in Marketing Communications
Date(s): 1975
Description: The story of how and why Goodyear created its infamous automobile production tally signs in Detroit, Michigan. Script by Dean Coffin. Produced by Special Communications Services.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC382
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Keeping the production areas clean
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: In the manufacture of DuPont's Mylar polyester film, such rigid control is required that all doors leading to production areas at the Circleville, Ohio plant have signs like this.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1742
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Advertisement in Lucite
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Fred Hess & Son (photographer)
Description: Colorful two foot signs of patterned, DuPont Lucite acrylic resin advertise house specialty drinks in the bar of the Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2452
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Sunoco sign made of Lucite
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The Lucite acrylic resin face of a new type outdoor sign is given a final buffing by an operator in the Ranger- Tennere Company fabricating plant in New York. Incorporating an imposing list of advantages over conventional illuminated signs, the development is expected to create a new trend in the industry.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2464
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Sunoco sign made of Lucite
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), W. H. Hoedt Studios, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Colors incorporated in the plastic faces of this new type of outdoor sign makes painting unnecessary. Rich blue letters mounted on a bright yellow background are complemented by the flowing red of the arrow. Lucite acrylic resin eliminates shadows since it transmits sunlight from one side to the other.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2463
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Surrendering their matches as a safety precaution
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Safety precautions at the Repauno, New Jersey explosives plant of the DuPont Company include the requirement that workers surrender all matches upon entering the gates.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0875
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Sunoco sign made of Lucite
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This new type of outdoor sign, made with plastic faces, is expected to cause a new trend the in the outdoor display industry. Inexpensively lighted with cold cathode tubes, the sign glows brightly and evenly as the Lucite acrylic resin faces spread the light over the entire surface. The projecting arms and lamps, here unlighted, were necessary to illuminate the conventional metal sign which formerly occupied this location. They are unnecessary with the new sign and can be removed so that no...
Show moreThis new type of outdoor sign, made with plastic faces, is expected to cause a new trend the in the outdoor display industry. Inexpensively lighted with cold cathode tubes, the sign glows brightly and evenly as the Lucite acrylic resin faces spread the light over the entire surface. The projecting arms and lamps, here unlighted, were necessary to illuminate the conventional metal sign which formerly occupied this location. They are unnecessary with the new sign and can be removed so that no obstruction interferes with visibility.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2465
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Lucite outdoor signs
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), W. H. Hoedt Studios, Inc. (photographer)
Description: A new type of outdoor sign originally conceived by engineers of the Sun Oil Company mounted next to a conventional sign illustrates elimination of glare from projecting lamps. The new sign on the right is illuminated from within by cold cathode tubes. Lucite acrylic resin spreads the light evenly over both sides of the sign, causing it to glow in the manner of an electric light globe.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2466
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Workers' safety at explosives plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Strict limits on the number of workers permitted in each building are enforced in the interests of safety at explosives plant of the DuPont Company. Wooden buttressing shown is likewise installed for added safety.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0876
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Safety signs at DuPont plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Display of the many different safety signs used at a single DuPont plant is a striking symbol of the company's prime concern for the safety of its employees. Signs are but one phase of a comprehensive company-wide program in which employees are instructed in safe practices, equipped with protective devices of all types and taught to think and act safely at all times. Accident prevention has become so much a part of the company's operations that a DuPont employee is ten times more likely to be...
Show moreDisplay of the many different safety signs used at a single DuPont plant is a striking symbol of the company's prime concern for the safety of its employees. Signs are but one phase of a comprehensive company-wide program in which employees are instructed in safe practices, equipped with protective devices of all types and taught to think and act safely at all times. Accident prevention has become so much a part of the company's operations that a DuPont employee is ten times more likely to be injured off the job as on; even when handling high explosives or dangerous chemicals, he is safer at work than at home.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0874
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Money Loaned sign
Date(s): 1930/1945, 1930, 1945
Contributor(s): Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (collector)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1993.230)
Hagley ID: PC20100728_211
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: Airway rooftop marker for Morrisville (Pa.)
Date(s): 1937-02-03
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_09406
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Warren St. & Greenwich Elevated
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_006
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: Chambers & Hudston St's. Elevated
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_004
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: Elevated R.R. Car
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_010
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: Chambers & Hudson Streets elevated
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_003
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: 23rd St. Elevated
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_007
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: 72nd St. & Columbus Ave. Elevated
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_008
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

Title: 23rd St. subway
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Ward and Gow (originator), Ward, Artemas, 1848-1925 (associated name)
Collection ID: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album (Accession 1995.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1995_243_015
Collection: Ward and Gow elevated railway and subway advertising album

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