Photo by Ruby Slipper Vintage
Aerolux Light Corporation was a prolific manufacturer of figural neon glow lights containing flowers between the late 1930s and into the mid 1970s. Aerolux gas discharge light bulbs contained low pressure gas, either neon or argon, or a mixture of the two. Also within the bulb were metal sculptures coated with phosphors. These phosphors fluoresced when excited by glow discharge. Nowadays vintage Aerolux flower light bulbs can be found on sites like eBay and Etsy.
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Photo by Ruby Slipper Vintage
Image credit: MoMA
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