THE INTERSTATE ELECTRIC NOVELTY COMPANY imported these lights circa 1915. This company, one of the 15 that later merged to become NOMA, was one of the "biggies" in the early history of electric Christmas lighting. Formed in 1912 by the merger of the Franco-American Electric Company and Alfred Wolfe and Company, they made and distributed many forms of decorative lighting, including regular and figural Christmas lamps. In 1920, the Company changed their name to The Franco Electric Company and sold the Yere-Round line of decorative lights. In 1923 their name was changed to Yale Electric, then in 1925 to Premo Electric. I personally have not seen any lighting outfits with the Yale name on them, but there are many examples of Franco and Premo brand outfits. By 1926, the company was a part of NOMA. The lights in this set are carbon filament German outside painted clear glass, with composition fiber insulators. | |||
Outside of box | End label of box | Inside view | 1913 Franco Ad (High resolution image-longer download time) |
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