Life for a sign guy in the1930's

[DL Signs]

This popped up as a recommended video. Before all our times, but shows the ingenuity of massive lighted 1930's signs, and how they were maintained. Next time ya' think programming or servicing a message center or sign is difficult, think of this...

 

[netsol]

it's a FILM from 1935. video tape began in 1955 (bing crosby productions & Desilu)
portable cameras in the late 1960's but you had to thread an open reel deck.

 

[Johnny Best]

The original MSRP for a 1935 Chevrolet EA Master 2 Door Coupe 5 Window was $580. The average price of a new car or truck sold in 1935 was $853.17.

 

[netsol]

The original MSRP for a 1935 Chevrolet EA Master 2 Door Coupe 5 Window was $580. The average price of a new car or truck sold in 1935 was $853.17.

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The original MSRP for a 1935 Chevrolet EA Master 2 Door Coupe 5 Window was $580. The average price of a new car or truck sold in 1935 was $853.17.

average annual wage was $471.
”high earners” double that $1070. Annually

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

They explained everything so well back in those old videos. I've seen a few

 

[Aardvark Printing]

This popped up as a recommended video. Before all our times, but shows the ingenuity of massive lighted 1930's signs, and how they were maintained. Next time ya' think programming or servicing a message center or sign is difficult, think of this...

Yes, a different breed of men. And a lot of them fell and died.

 

[tulsagraphics]

Safety issues aside -- I can't imagine how many man hours (and the cost) it took to engineer and build that monster. That's a serious investment!

 

[DL Signs]

The last clip with the guy doing it at night, and all those lights blinking by... Almost disorienting just watching it.

 

[Gino]

Working on that at night could give you epilepsy after awhile.

 

[Stacey K]

Super cool! Very interesting how it all worked.

 

[RachelKelly]

I have a friend that I think would have loved this job. He's always climbing things, man though the lack of anything safety restraint is astounding. But the sky scraper steel workers of the industrial revolution were very much the same dangerous profession.

 

[ProSignTN]

The first year I worked in the sign business my boss would hand me a stack of service orders in the morning. We had a 45' Skyhook with only ground controls. The massive 'Riviera Red Carpet Inn' & 'El Toro Steakhouse' road sign had chaser lights. I got so tired of pointing that bucket, climbing that ladder and 'spidermanning' my way into the bucket to change 15-20 bulbs and then climbing down and repeating the whole process again. If I hadn't had a wife and kid to feed I would have found another line of work. It was 10-12 years later when I finally learned what a harness and lanyard were used for.

 

[RachelKelly]

Super cool! Very interesting how it all worked.

I know, Those big scrolls of paper to turn the lights on an off for each part of the message! That was state of the art thinking in such a mechanical age. No computer controller, unlike our current electronic message units.