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I do not know if this has been discussed here before but one of the questions on Jeopardy the other night was about the first neon sign in the US. It was in front of a Packard dealership. Here is some information I copied on it.

"In 1923, Georges Claude introduces his neon signs to the United States. He sells two neon signs to a Packard Car dealership in Los Angeles. Earle C. Anthony purchased
the two signs reading"Packard" . Georges Claude charged $24,000 for those two signs."

Just think, $24,000 for two signs back in 1923! According to the "Inflation Calculator", that $24,000 cost would equate to $320,000 in 2012 dollars. I think we can rest assured that Mr. Anthony was doing quite well.

Gene

I think I also read he had one on the roof of his building with the call letters for one of the first radio stations on the west coast.

Howard,

KFI, I believe

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