Naxon Telesign, Inc.
name: label: Collection Inventor
content: Naxon, Irving , 1902-1989
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content: Irving Naxon Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1592, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Naxon Telesign Corporation was incorporated on April 15, 1938, in Illinois "to manufacture, buy, sell, and generally deal with goods, wares, merchandise and personal property of any interest." The first meeting of Naxon Telesign was held on April 18, 1938, with three directors present, Irving Nachumsohn, Kenneth Whitney, and Sadie Nachumsohn. Telesign was an electronic sign that showed moving text resembling a news ticker. Naxon leased the device to sign companies.