Globe Gasoline Neon –
Lighting the Road: The Story of a Globe Gasoline Neon Legend
This 120-inch Globe Gasoline & Motor Oil sign stands as a monument to an age when art met industry, when travel meant adventure, and when the glow of a neon sign could make even the loneliest highway feel like home.
Description
GLOBE GASOLINE
There was a time when America’s highways were young, when the promise of the open road was as vast as the sky above it. The hum of early engines echoed through valleys and plains, and every mile brought travelers face to face with the heartbeat of a new nation on the move. It was the age of freedom, chrome, and the long, ribboned highways that stitched small towns together — and guiding those wanderers through the night were glowing beacons of color and light: neon signs.
One such beacon bore a proud name — GLOBE GASOLINE.
Painted in bold red and cobalt blue, it shouted to every passing driver that fuel, friendship, and a warm cup of coffee were just ahead. Its porcelain face gleamed under the sun by day and came alive by night — red letters blazing against a star-strewn background, a glowing promise to those chasing horizons.
Globe Gasoline
Specifications:
- Type: Double-Sided Vintage Sign
- Style: Rectangular Porcelain-Enamel
- Company: Globe Gasoline
- Product: Gasoline and Motor Oil
- Date of Manufacture: 1930s 40s
- Place of Manufacture: U.S.A.
- Color: Multi-color – Red, White and Blue
- Dimensions: 120.25" wide X 36.25" Tall 155 lbs
- Condition: Original Genuine Porcelain-Enamel; Sign Face Unrestored (Cleaned Only)
- Neon Details: All Neon Glass, Solid-State Transformers, Wiring, Mounts, and Switches Have Been Fully Replaced
- Hanging Details: Comes with H.J. Nick’s Exclusive “Fast Hanger Bar” for Perfectly Level Display
- Switching: Includes Separate Pull Chain for Easy On/Off Switching Without Unplugging
The Globe Oil & Refining Company, born in the industrious heart of mid-century America, was more than just a fuel stop. It was a symbol of progress. When neon was new, it wasn’t just advertising — it was art, painted with gas and glass. The “GLOBE” sign was a masterpiece of that era, its orbit of white and blue light sweeping across service stations like a comet trail, guiding travelers along Route 66 and every small-town main street in between.
Time, of course, took its toll. Decades of rain, road dust, and wind-worn nights dulled its glow. The world changed — the roar of V8s gave way to the quiet hum of modern life — and the old sign, once a sentinel of motion, fell silent. But legends never truly die.
Years later, this piece of American road art found its way into the hands of H.J. Nick at ArtFactory.com, where it was given a second life — not remade, but reborn. Under Nick’s philosophy of “authentic preservation”, every chip of porcelain, every weathered scar, was honored as a mark of the miles it had witnessed. The neon was re-bent and re-fired by hand, its original colors restored to full brilliance — red for power, white for purity, blue for the boundless night sky.
When the switch flips, the light returns — the same glow that once led travelers home now shines again, brighter than ever. It’s not just a sign; it’s a storyteller, whispering tales of the American road, of nights under neon skies, of laughter and gasoline, of wanderers who believed that somewhere just ahead, the world opened wide.
This 120-inch Globe Gasoline & Motor Oil sign stands as a monument to an age when art met industry, when travel meant adventure, and when the glow of a neon sign could make even the loneliest highway feel like home.
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