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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
Welch's Restaurant
It looks like there were two of these neon signs, one on each side:
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Close up detail of the entrance...and vintage taxi.
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On some further searching, in an article from On Bunker Hill, it appears the above photos were taken by George Mann. In that article it says they wished he'd hung around to capture the neon sign illuminated, but it IS illuminated here isn't it? The glass tubing isn't in color unless it's turned on. Maybe they meant they wished to see it at night.
Wiki info: A neon tube is a sealed glass tube with a metal electrode at each end, filled with one of a number of gases at low pressure. A high potential of several thousand volts applied to the electrodes ionizes the gas in the tube, causing it to emit colored light. The color of the light depends on the gas in the tube. |
I believe the neon sign is lit....it was very subtle. The round part of the building is the bar area and restrooms.
Towards the end of its life, the restaurant was turned into a tacky smorgasbord place for local people. I went there one time in 1968....the entire place was a mere shadow of its former glory as a sophisticated eatery with the Welch family at the helm.
