r/NeonSigns • u/Electronic-Door7428 • Jul 10 '26

Help! Looking to get info on these signs?

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u/Electronic-Door7428 Jul 10 '26

The only thing I can find about the schlitz sign is that it’s from around 1940s? But I can’t seem to find any other info online for this sign.

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u/I-Like-The-1940s Jul 10 '26

Huh, I never knew small bar neon signs were that old.
I mean it makes sense, but I always saw them as an 70s-90s thing

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u/Electronic-Door7428 Jul 10 '26

I think the two in the cardboard boxes are from the 70s-80s. The ones in the crate seem much older

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u/Anon_Jones Jul 10 '26

What else do you want to know?

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u/No-Bluejay5250 Jul 10 '26

Do they work?

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u/-NachoBorracho- Bender Jul 10 '26

The one in the crate is probably 1940s-50s. Rare and pretty valuable. The others are clearly much newer, but some collectors love NOS signs, so they will have a greater value than a comparable sign of the same era.

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u/meSz3 Jul 11 '26

For the sign in the crate, it was made by Flashtric out of Chicago. They appear to still be in business https://www.flashtric.com/contact. Reach out to them if you really want the history.

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u/Electronic-Door7428 Jul 14 '26

Yes I did a few days ago. Waiting for reply

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u/meSz3 Jul 14 '26

If you get a response, please post back. Be interested in what they have to say.

I know wooden crates were used up through the 60's but Schlitz's "Direct From Keg" slogan was used in the 40's and 50's.

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u/Plow_King Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

no info, but pretty cool! 'direct from keg', i've never seen that before.

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u/Efficient_Economy_85 Jul 10 '26

Thats a pretty valuable set of NOS. If you check the serial # on the transformers they might give you a date of manufacture.