Kinko's Neon Sign

Kinko's Neon Sign

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Description
This sign hung in the window of Kinko’s, a copy and printing business, on M Street in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The store was open around the clock in 1996. The popular expression “24-7”—short for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week—has come to mean ceaseless or continuously and suggests every minute is available and usable.
Location
Currently not on view (transformer)
Currently not on view
Object Name
neon sign
Measurements
overall: 19 3/4 in x 30 in x 3 5/8 in; 50.165 cm x 76.2 cm x 9.2075 cm
ID Number
1997.3120.01
nonaccession number
1997.3120
catalog number
1997.3120.01
Credit Line
Thomas G. Zimmerman
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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