On September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. That day, Thomas Edison’s Edison Illuminating Company flipped the switch on his power station on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, providing electricity to homes at a price

In January 1993, OSRAM GmbH acquired the SYLVANIA and precision materials businesses in North America from GTE, formally forming OSRAM SYLVANIA. This acquisition marked a significant turning point, blending OSRAM’s advanced European lighting technologies and

Lighting trade shows provide that critical interface between manufacturers, distributors and designers that provide important networking opportunities & make possible the exchange of new product and technical information. In the early 1990s, there were two

On Wednesday, September 28, 1892, two American collegiate football teams — and a giant generator — got together for a momentous moment in the sport: The first American football game at night. That week, the

One could argue that the electric light made its stage debut on May 1, 1893 at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Meant to be a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage,

Tribute in Light was conceived by artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda. This powerful tribute, which consists of 88 searchlights arranged in two vertical beams, serves as a luminous memorial to the nearly 3,000 lives lost

A Monday night dinner, held just before Thanksgiving in 1936 in Washington DC to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Patent Office, was doubly historic.  The guests attending the dinner were