The electric flash-lamp was invented by Joshua Cohen (a.k.a. Joshua Lionel Cohen of Lionel toy train fame) in 1899. It was granted U.S. patent number 636,492 on November 7th of that year.
The flash of bright
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On July 24, 1874, a Canadian patent was filed by a Toronto medical electrician named Henry Woodward and his colleague Mathew Evans.
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Ethel Guenter, owner of the Overland Hotel, is believed to have installed the first neon sign in Las Vegas in September of
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On September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. That day, Thomas Edison’s Edison Illuminating Company flipped the switch on his power station
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In January 1993, OSRAM GmbH acquired the SYLVANIA and precision materials businesses in North America from GTE, formally forming OSRAM SYLVANIA. This
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Lighting trade shows provide that critical interface between manufacturers, distributors and designers that provide important networking opportunities & make possible the exchange
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On Wednesday, September 28, 1892, two American collegiate football teams — and a giant generator — got together for a momentous moment
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One could argue that the electric light made its stage debut on May 1, 1893 at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Meant
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Tribute in Light was conceived by artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda. This powerful tribute, which consists of 88 searchlights arranged in two
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A Monday night dinner, held just before Thanksgiving in 1936 in Washington DC to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of
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