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W.S. Darley & Co. of Melrose Park, IL. produced simple but durable low cost signals popular in thousands of small towns across America. Darley signals are pretty hard to come by but we have one model D480 single faced signal in the collection.
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Durasig is actually a progeny of the old Eagle Signal Co. Eagle signals evolved into Alusig aluminum signals and Durasig polycarbonate signals. The polycarbonate signals were less expensive and lighter, but the earlier models tended to get brittle when exposed to the elements for a long time. The collection includes a 5-section Durasig.
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Highway Signal and Sign is a spin-off of the old Horni Manufacturing Co. HS&S signals carried many characteristics of the old Horni signals as well as Marbelite (the company that bought Horni.) It is theorized that the old owners of Horni sold signals through the HS&S brand to fulfill contract obligations and many of the parts were probably made by Marbelite.
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LFE (the Laboratory for Electronics) produced signals from the 1950s to the 1980s. They bought out inventor Charles Adler, Jr.'s Automatic Signal Co. that he founded in 1922. The collection includes a 12-8-8 traffic signal and a 12" round Canadian style pedestrian head.
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Plessey is a British manufacturer that made the classic Plessey Tin Lanterns seen all about the United Kingdom. The original Plesseys were originally painted black and white until the 1960s when the standards changed for signals to be painted all black. The collection has what is known as the "riveted" model as the face plate is riveted to the body.
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