Antique Lighted
Christmas Decorations
Two examples of the many varieties of lighted decorations
are Bubble Light trees and lighted Hard Plastic items.
Bubble Light trees are a pre-wired, artificial tree with
a visca covering made during the 1940's and 50's. They
range in size from one to three feet, covered with visca,
usually green or white, and contain light sockets
numbering from nine to twenty four. Noma Electric Co,
Royal Electric Co, and Raylite Trading Co made many of
these trees with either a miniature or candelabra light
base. The photo is an eighteen light Noma bubble light
tree with a chalk base from the late 40's.
Lighted Hard Plastic items were made in a variety of
shapes, Santas being the most common, but snowmen,
angels, deer, trees and churches were also available.
Miller Electric, Royalite, General Products and Harret-Gilman
were some of the manufacturers of these items in the
late 1940's and 50's. The photo is a Rosen HiHo Santa
figure light, electrified by the Miller Electric company
from the late 40's.
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