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Originally Posted by tovangar2
And a 1915 night-time shot of the Broadway end of Mercantile Place:
Huntington Library
Notice the Pantages Theater (later Dalton's, then the Arcade) next door and tiny 1910 Clune's Broadway/Cameo Theater beyond that (see below) with it's famous time sign, and then Quinn's Superba (now the Roxie).
Ah, neon. |
A little bigger and more wattage? From
http://pstp-edison.com/exhibitions/
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An imaginative lighting sampling from this exhibit:
http://pstp-edison.com/loomis/
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1919
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1910
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1912
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1912
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1916 - Rialto Bridge Inspired Light Standards?
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1918
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