Electric Sign Catalogue of the Metropolitan Engineering Co. (1906) — Paperback Reprint

Electric Sign Catalogue of the Metropolitan Engineering Co. (1906) — Paperback Reprint

  • Product Code: BK-METROPOLITAN-ELECTRIC-SIGN-CATALOG-1906-PB
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This book is printed one copy at a time when you order it. There is no warehouse shelf of these — your copy goes on the press after you check out. Please allow 2–3 weeks from order to delivery.


About this book

Electric Sign Catalogue of the Metropolitan Engineering Co., 1906. The 1906 electric sign catalog — back in print.

In 1906 the electric sign was brand new, and the Metropolitan Engineering Co. was selling it: this 42-page catalog offers the electric signs, letters, and equipment of the industry's infancy — illustrated for the buyers who were lighting up Main Street for the first time.

For the sign historian it is a founding document of the electric sign business; for the ephemera collector, a scarce illustrated catalog from the dawn of the lit sign. The letterforms and fixtures are pure 1906 — the moment the night streetscape changed forever.

The electric sign catalog that started it all, reproduced complete.

Details: 6×9" paperback, 42 pages, black and white interior, cream paper.


?? Please read before ordering — about print quality

This is a print-on-demand reprint of a scanned historical document. The pages were scanned from an original 1906 printing, and the print quality of your book reflects the condition of that original scan.

What that means in plain terms: you may see faded text, uneven inking, age spots, show-through from the back of pages, and other imperfections that were in the 1906 original or introduced by the scanning process. These are preserved as-is — they are not printing defects, and they are not something we can fix.

We are not responsible for the condition of the original source material. If you want a pristine modern typeset book, this isn't it. If you want the actual 1906 manual with all its character intact, you're in the right place.


Printed on demand by IngramSpark. One copy at a time — no inventory, no waste.

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