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Young Electric Sign Company
Young Electric Sign Company develops lighted signs. They have developed numerous iconic signs across the country including the Snelgrove Ice Cream cone sign and multiple signs on the Vegas Strip.
The company was founded as Thomas Young Signs in 1920 by Thomas Young in Ogden in 1920. Mr. Young had immigrated from England and worked for Electric Sign Service before starting his own business.
The company opened an office in Nevada in 1932 and began developing iconic signs for the entertainment industry.
YESCO relocated its headquarters to Social Hall Avenue in Salt Lake City in 1937.
The company was a pioneer in developing large neon signs and is now a developer of new LED displays.
In 2015, YESCO sold YESCO Electronics to Samsung which rebranded as Prismview. The first video talks about the Yesco Franchise program. The second is a video about Yesco from a decade ago:
A video about the signs.
YESCO Work Sizzle Reel from milehighhouse on Vimeo.
References:
- Salt Lake Tribune - YESCO History (Drawn 9/5/2019)
Directory Listings:
- Mohave County - Business: Young Electric Sign Company
- Phoenix Color - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Yuma County - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Colorado Springs Color - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Denver Color - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Missoula Websites - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Logan Utah - Business: Prismview
- Ogden, Utah - Marketing: YESCO
- Provo Utah - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Saint George - Marketing: Young Electric Sign Company
- Salt Lake Sites - Media: YESCO