OPEN POST: Peckerwood Road Trip through Neon Americana
Vegas Vicky Neon Roadtripping requires us to walk into the past, so everyone is required to wear something vintage from the years between 1920 and 1960, during the heyday of neon. Our cars will be 50s convertibles. Bring your hair scarves, sunglasses, and plenty of music because we, my dearest Peckerwoodies, are going to crisscross America, only stopping in diners and sleeping in motor lodges, on a trip through nostalgia, a different time, and some museums. In 1898, two British chemists by the names of Sir William Ramsay and Morris William Travers were credited for discovering the four gases that would eventually be used to create neon signs: neon, krypton, xenon and argon. However, it would be French inventor and engineer Georges Claude who would be the first person to take their discovery a step further and create the first neon lamp, which he presented to the public at the Paris Motor Show in 1910 and received a U.S. patent in 1915. The technology spread across the United State...