"The power went out in the TSBD" factoid

[Royell Storing]

The Sixth Floor Musuem, which owns the remnants of the Hertz sign, doesn't know how it was powered but assumes it was wired into the building's electrical supply: https://www.jfk.org/collections-archive/hertz-sign/.

At the time, the TSBD Hertz sign was one of only three such signs in existence.

Signs of that sort during that era typically did not have backup power.

Obviously, the clock would have to reset or be reset somehow after a power outage.

Whatever you think the significance of this issue is - I see none, but whatever - you will never have a definitive answer.

   Thanks for this post. That clock image is used as a time stamp. That time stamping is not restricted to the 12:30 noted above by the Sixth Floor Museum. But, as I continue to say in reference to the Sixth Floor Museum, "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown".

[David Von Pein]

The Sixth Floor Musuem, which owns the remnants of the Hertz sign, doesn't know how it was powered but assumes it was wired into the building's electrical supply: https://www.jfk.org/collections-archive/hertz-sign/.

At the time, the TSBD Hertz sign was one of only three such signs in existence.

Signs of that sort during that era typically did not have backup power.

Obviously, the clock would have to reset or be reset somehow after a power outage.

Whatever you think the significance of this issue is - I see none, but whatever - you will never have a definitive answer.

Thanks, Lance, for reminding me that the Sixth Floor Museum website includes THIS PAGE all about the Hertz sign atop the Book Depository Building.

For those interested, here are a couple of pictures showing the other two large billboard signs that occupied space on the roof of the TSBD prior to 1959. Click to enlarge....

The "U.S. Royal Tires" sign (this photo is from 1948):




The "Ford: Built In Texas" sign, which went up in June 1953:




Click the logo below for many more Dealey Plaza/TSBD images, dating back to the 1930s:

[Royell Storing]

Thanks, Lance, for reminding me that the Sixth Floor Museum website includes THIS PAGE all about the Hertz sign atop the Book Depository Building.

For those interested, here are a couple of pictures showing the other two large billboard signs that occupied space on the roof of the TSBD prior to 1959. Click to enlarge....

The "U.S. Royal Tires" sign (this photo is from 1948):




The "Ford: Built In Texas" sign, which went up in June 1953:




Click the logo below for many more Dealey Plaza/TSBD images, dating back to the 1930s:

   My copyright infringement case is still pending.

[David Von Pein]

My copyright infringement case is still pending.

Then you must have changed the spelling of your name since 1948, eh? 

[Royell Storing]

  Much like a song, just because a random note here and there is changed, the general theme is the crux of the issue. And as everybody knows, "Royell" is where the rubber meets the road.

[Tom Graves]

"Royell" is where the rubber meets the road.

Dear Comrade Storing,

What brand of prophylactic are you referring to?

-- Tom