1360 Garrison Ave, Bronx, NY
The Globe Neon Sign Company was established in 1924 by a very well known sign maker by the name of David Cheifetz located in the Manhattan, NY. It’s headquartered office began in Manhattan but moved shortly after. Globe Neon Sign Co. eventually moved to its permanent office in South Bronx, NY where they remained for the following 40 years. Globe Neon Sign Company is most well known for creating lighted and neon advertising clocks and signs for large outdoor advertisements as well as smaller indoor signs like bar back signs and POP countertop advertising displays.
Over the years, company changed ownership as well as it’s brand name to various other similar names like Globe Sign Co., Globe Neon Tube Corp., Globe Neon Signs, the Globe Sign Co., Globe Signs and finally as the Globe Sign Corp. Cheifetz ran Globe through the early 1970s until he retired and sold the company to Award Sign Company. Award was later bought out by the West Side Neon Sign Co. of the Bronx, which itself was swallowed up by Artkraft Strauss in 1988. Artkraft is still in business to this day. The original building is still stoning to this day, click here to view it.
Globe Neon Sign Co. produced advertising signs for various companies across the country including breweries like Ruppert Knickerbocker, Pabst, and Fall City just to name a few.
Below are a few examples of their signs: