Cincinnati, OH
The Lackner Sign Company located in Cincinnati, OH started in business in 1927. The Lackner Sign Company made a wide variety of counter top and bar back neon lighted signs for various industries and companies. Most of there signs consisted of an etched reverse-painted glass graphic with neon tubing around the glass on the front and a metal body wired up to a transformer or ballast. They also produced large outdoor porcelain enamel neon signs primarily for the auto and auto repair service station industry. Some of the most famous signs Lackner produced was elborate neon lighted signs for the Coca Cola Company and the Pepsi Cola Company. The Neon Products Inc. and Biltmore Sign Company were some of the only other competitor that made similar neons and lighted advertising signs at the time.
The Lackner Sign Co. produced many advertising signs for various breweries like Yuengling’s, Flock, Esquire, Kaiers, Horlacher, Lebanon Valley, Beth Uhl, Tannhauser, Latrobe, Stoney, Rolling Rock, National, Ruppert Knickerbocker, Sheridan, Bruck’s, National Bohemian, Griesedieck, Stag, Pabst, Fox, Red Top, Berlin, Buckeye, Bavarian, Red Top, Miller, Apex, and Hudepohl just to name a few.
Below are a few examples of Lackner Signs:
