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  2. YESCO - Wikipedia

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    NBC created a new YESCO “message globe” in its NBC Experience store, located at Rockefeller Center, New York City. From the outside of the building, it looks like an illuminated globe. The 35’-diameter hemisphere is covered with LEDs. The animations were provided by YESCO's media services group.

  3. Neon Museum - Wikipedia

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    In 1989, Allied Arts and its director, Patrick Gaffey, were working to establish a museum known then as the Neon Park, with 5th Street Liquor Store donating the first neon sign to the project. The sign, added in the late 1940s, had become well known among locals; it depicts a hand pouring a bottle of alcohol into a glass. [3]

  4. List of defunct department stores of the United States

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    Originating with Isaac and Rachel Kratzenstein, it became the Kratze Bros. Department Store in 1912. Bought by the Boston Store Company, which was established by Charles Netcher and local businessmen in 1921. In the deal, the building and stock came to $125,000-$150,000, which was “one of the biggest mercantile deals in the history of Escanaba.

  5. Thomas Young (entrepreneur) - Wikipedia

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    He was born on May 26, 1895, in Sunderland, England.. Young's family converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his infancy. At age 15, Young and his family sailed from Liverpool, England, to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and continued on to Ogden, Utah, United States, by train.

  6. Muzak - Wikipedia

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    Inventor George Owen Squier, credited with inventing telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910, developed the original technical basis for Muzak. [8] [9] [10] He was granted several US patents in the 1920s [10] related to transmission of information signals, among them U.S. patent 1,641,608 a system for the transmission and distribution of signals over electrical lines.

  7. List of department stores of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The store was sold to Busbys of Bradford in 1953 who rebranded the store under the Busbys name. Busbys was itself purchased by Debenhams in 1958. The store was renamed Debenhams in 1973 and continued to trade from the same site until Debenhams' closure in 2021. 1953 [190] [271] A H Bull Reading: Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores.

  8. List of Utah companies - Wikipedia

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    Family history: 1983 Arctic Circle Restaurants: Midvale: ... Call Center: 1978 Uinta Brewing Company: ... YESCO: Salt Lake City: Signage & lighting: 1920

  9. Algiers Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Algiers' facade was made of stucco and included several stores, each one topped by crown-shaped neon lights, similar to a Persian gateway or spire. Each store was separated by a section of vertical, polished gold raceways that featured chasing lights. Located on opposite ends of the facade were neon signs spelling out the hotel's name; the ...