Box B421.01.0001
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Contains 2 Results:
Gordon Sign Company
Collection — Box: B421.01.0001
Identifier: B421
Abstract
The Gordon Sign Company was founded by Harry A. Gordon in 1904. It is the oldest full-service sign company in the United States. His two sons, Edward and Leonard Gordon took over the company in the 1940s and later started one of the largest neon sign companies in Colorado. The company was purchased by investors in 2012, but the Gordon Sign Company name was retained by the successor company. Gabriella Marks and Debra Nichols, granddaughters of Leonard Gordon, published a book in 2018 with...
Dates:
2018
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Gordon Sign Company
Box 1, 2018
File — Box: B421.01.0001
Identifier: B421.01.0001
Abstract
The Gordon Sign Company was founded by Harry A. Gordon in 1904. It is the oldest full-service sign company in the United States. Harry Abraham Gordon was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1878 and settled in Denver, Colorado shortly before he founded the Company. His two sons, Edward and Leonard Gordon took over the company in the 1940s and later started one of the largest neon sign companies in Colorado. The collection contains a book of photographs of Gordon neon signs, "Gordon Neon: A Family...
Dates:
2018