Neon is 100 years old. Invented in France and first used in America around 1923 by a Los Angeles Packard car dealership. As Chris Black says on his Available in any colour blog ... 'Where would Hardboiled or Noir be without it ?'
ALF'S BBQ Drinks Sandwiches
The sign was done in blue lights and kind of hung like a ghost there in the dripping trees. It swung and you could hear it creak. Just the sign and nothing else.
The Red Scarf
Gil Brewer
1958
And thanks for the mention.
ReplyDeleteNeon on my naked skin, passing
silhouettes of strange
illuminated mannequins
- Big in Japan, Alphaville