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VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35
VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35

VINTAGE LARGE 1940's WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN LIGHTS UP 35"

$ 472.56

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1930-69
  • Condition: Used
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Type of Advertising: Sign
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Featured Refinements: Vintage Advertising Sign
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    A great looking piece. LOCAL PICKUP ONLY.
    ESTATE FRESH
    VINTAGE/ ANTIQUE WOODEN WOOD DIE CUT REDDY KILLOWATT ADVERTISING SIGN ELECTRIC DISPLAY. LIGHTS UP.  35" TALL, 34" WIDE. RARE.
    FROM ESTATE. LADY SAID BELONGED TO GRANDFATHER WHO WORKED FOR SMALL RURAL UTILITY COMPANY IN MISSOURI MO. PROBABLY LATE 1940'S -1950'S. HAS TOP HANGING BRACKET AND WAS WIRED FOR HIS TRADEMARK ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB NOSE TO LIGHT UP. PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT PHOTOGRAPHS. THERE IS A LITTLE DAMAGE TO HIS EAR THINGS,SOME CRACKING OF PAINT ALONG HIS "BELT" LINE AREA AND OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL WIRING AS SHOWN IS PROBABLY NOT USABLE TO HAVE THE NOSE LIGHT UP SAFELY. I HAVE LEFT IT ON TO AUTHENTICATE THE AGE OF THE DISPLAY SIGN. I HAVE ATTACHED A REPLACEMENT ELECTRICAL WIRE FOR PURPOSE OF DISPLAY AND WILL INCLUDE IT TO BUYER. A VERY RARE AND CHARMING
    DISPLAY ITEM NO MATTER WHAT YOUR FIELD OF INTEREST OF ADVERTISING. LOCAL PICKUP ONLY DUE TO FRAGILE NATURE. CONTACT ME ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF DELIVERY WITHIN  WORKABLE DISTANCE. .
    HISTORY:
    Reddy Kilowatt made his first published appearance on March 14, 1926 in an advertisement in
    The Birmingham News
    for the
    Alabama Power Company
    (APC).
    APC copyrighted the character on March 6, 1926. Over the next few years Reddy appeared in print advertising for the company. He made his first three-dimensional appearance at the Alabama Electrical Exposition of 1926.
    [2]
    Under the umbrella of the Reddy Kilowatt Service (RKS), Collins used his interactions with other IOUs to promote what he called the “Reddy Kilowatt Program”. He entered into his first licensing agreement with the
    Philadelphia Electric Company
    in January 1934.
    [9]
    Over the next couple of years, Collins would add several other major utilities including Ohio Edison Company,
    Pennsylvania Power and Light
    ,
    Duke Power
    , South Carolina Power Company and
    Tennessee Electric Power Company
    .
    [2]
    RKS entered into a contract with each licensee. The original 1934 version was amended in 1941, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1971 and 1976. In signing the contract, the licensing IOU promised to always represent Reddy Kilowatt as “genial, likeable, well-mannered [and] even-tempered” and to abide by “generally accepted standards of good taste.”
    [10]
    ANTIQUE / VINTAGE RARE
    A REAL HISTORICAL TREASURE.
    VERY NICE ESTATE FRESH.
    eBay
    CONDITION AS SHOWN  NICE ANTIQUE VINTAGE . PHOTOS ARE BEST DESCRIPTION.
    .
    INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING TO BE PROHIBITIVE DUE TO LARGE SIZE.
    FROM A SW MO ESTATE.
    I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CONDITION, ETC..  please send questions especially about possible personal safe delivery.
    STONEWARE VINTAGE,ANTIQUE ADVERTISING MUSEUM.  PAINTING ART ARTWORK. ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED. ANY QUESTIONS WITH CONCERNS PLEASE EMAIL. I HAVE BEEN SELLING ON EBAY SINCE 1998 WITH A 100% FEEDBACK RATING. PAYPAL ACCEPTED AS WELL AS MAILED PAYMENTS.I WILL ALWAYS COMBINE SHIPPING TO THE LOWEST RATE POSSIBLE (IN CASES WHERE SHIPPING IS NO FREE).