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1892...- FIRST GE LOGO? possibly.


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Several weeks ago, Russ Huber posted the pic. of first GE logo from 1892 (cannot find that post), Jim Kovar commented on it that this should be framed to preserve it, well I suffer with my arthritic hands for a long time but succeed making it out of brass including 1/4" Dia, circle frame, all solid and polished brass. The first picture is the original copy from Russ's post, the second is my brass work. Pictures are not best, it look much better in real. You be the judge.

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Beautiful job Ted.  Your arthritic hands do a hundred times better quality than my healthy hands can do!   

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Question is; was it used on anything, or it was just a drawing prototype/tryout, Jim, Russ?

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3 hours ago, Ted Kaczor said:

...was it used on anything[?]...

Hi, Ted.

I've never seen that
logo on anything.

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GE lamp sockets were marked “GECo” until around 1910, at which time their common round GE logo appeared. 
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It's fantastic work.

Why would GE use a lowercase "G?"

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14 minutes ago, Michael Rathberger said:

It's fantastic work.

Why would GE use a lowercase "G?"

 

...Excellent question...

Answer:

Because uppercase cursive "G" would look

awkward squeezed into a circle...

...HINT: Think "GENERAL MILLS" logo...💡🤔

When making a logo, easily identifiable is key.

...brought to you by: gE 😎

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Different strokes for
    different folks...

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both G and E are capital letters, as usual the style makes difference. 

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10 hours ago, Ted Kaczor said:

both G and E are capital letters, as usual the style makes difference. 

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I believe they refer to that as "script" style cursive, which was more common back in the late 19th and early 20th Century.

The Form of Cursive that was taught in school in the late 20th Century (when I was in school, which was in the 1990s) is what's referred to as "simplified" cursive.

Its just like how in Chinese they have "Traditional" and "Simplified" Chinese.

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On 12/13/2022 at 10:17 PM, Jim Kovar said:

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love the Will(y)s...

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