The owner, a fan of all things antique, last weekend put up a 1940s-era sign salvaged from a restaurant in New York City.

I made the Neon Sign Museum my first stop. It was a fascinating place with massive signs from hotels and casinos that had ...

THEY, LIKE MY PARENTS, LIKED ANTIQUING, SO WE’D ALWAYS STOP AND THEY’D BUY ... A NEW BULB MEANT LIGHTS OUT FOR MANY. NEON WAS OBVIOUSLY USED IN THE COMMERCIAL SIGN INDUSTRY FOR DECADES.