Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Moose Lodge Neon Sign
1930-1950
Swanson-Nunn Electric Co.
USA: Indiana, Evansville
Porcelain; glass; steel; paint
overall: 8 x 2 ft.; 243.84 x 60.96 cm
Museum Purchase
2000.055

Moose Lodge Neon Sign; blue porcelain sign with "MOOSE/ Lodge #1369" in whitle letters outlined with neon. At bottom there is a darker blue image of a moose head, also outlined with neon. Painted cream-colored lines above and below moose head.

When new, this sign advertised Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1369 in Robinson, Illinois. This Moose l was founded July 9, 1913 and closed on December 5, 2002. The lodge likely purchased this sign from the Supreme Lodge Supply Department of the Moose in the 1930s. The manufacturer of this sign, the Swanson-Nunn Electric Co. of Evansville, Indiana, inscribed their company name along the bottom. As time passes, wear, weather and changing tastes have made neon signs from this era increasingly rare—this one is an unusual survival. For further information, see Blog post, November 22, 2011 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2011/11/you-cant-miss-it-the-loyal-order-of-moose-neon-sign-.html