1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<html> 3<head> 4<!-- base href="http://oldchristmaslights.com/" --> 5 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 6 content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 7 <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> 8 <meta name="description" 9 content="A site devoted to the history and identification of old and antique Christmas lights. Profusely illustrated with pictures from the author's collection, this site covers a major part of the history and development of American Christmas lighting."> 10 <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> 11 <meta name="keywords" 12 content="christmas lights, christmas light, antique light, history of christmas lights, antique lights, NOMA, Edison, Paramount, bubble light, bubble lights, bubble lite, bubble lites, bubblelight, bubblelights, bubblelite, bubblelites, carbon, carbon filament, Matchless Star, matchless stars, C-6, C-7, C-9, antique christmas lights, old christmas lights, antique christmas light, christmas, christmas lites, the history of electric christmas lights,history of vintage christmas lights, history of old electric christmas lights, history of christmas lights, christmas lights history, vintage christmas lights"> 13 <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> 14 <title>The Antique Christmas Lights Site</title> 15 <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="none, default"> 16</head> 17<body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" 18 alink="#000099" link="#000099" vlink="#990099"><font face="arial,verdana,helvetica,swiss"> 19<p> </p> 20<div align="center"> 21<center> 22<table bordercolorlight="#669900" bordercolordark="#008000" 23 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153); width: 90%; border-collapse: collapse;" 24 border="7" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> 25 <tbody> 26 <tr> 27 <td style="width: 100%;"> 28 <p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" align="center"><br> 29 <img src="old_christmaslights/Painting+santa+2.jpg" alt="" 30 style="border: 0px solid ; width: 477px; height: 196px;"><br> 31 </p> 32 <p align="center"><img 33 src="old_christmaslights/Santa+and+Lights.jpg" alt="" 34 style="border: 0px solid ; width: 319px; height: 312px;" align="left"></p> 35<P>Between 1999 and 2008, Bill and George Nelson recorded and illustrated the history of Christmas tree lamps and the businesses behind them through the "Old Christmas Lights" and "Antique Christmas Lights Museum" web sites. The 2008 version, which was largely George Nelson's work has been painstakingly reconstructed in the <a href="http://oldchristmastreelights.com">OldChristmasTreeLights.com</a> site. 36<P>But some folks like Bill's earlier versions better. When Bill's version became unavailable, fan Tom Elmore saved what he could and created a working reconstruction of Bill's site, circa 2003. Tom spent hundreds of hours on the reconstruction, so it's not only an archive - it's the most complete and functional archive ever made of Bill's pages. (There's also a lot of Tom's work buried in the HTML code, so please don't imagine these pages are public domain.) Tom made his reconstruction available to his readers at telmore.com for several years. However, seeing our efforts to protect the 2008 version of the site, Tom has graciously allowed us to share his reconstrction of Bill's 2003 site on these pages. 37<P>Initially you might think that posting both the 2003 and 2008 site would be redundant. But the brothers had different approaches to the content, different organizational and writing styles, and even different content. So we believe it is for everyone's benefit to present both versions. 38<P>The rest of these pages are in Bill's own words, not ours, That said, if you have any comments, corrections, concerns, or questions about these pages, please contact us through our <a href="http://oldchristmastreelights.com/contact.htm" target=new> Contact</a> page. 39<P>Please note that the site authors Bill and George Nelson collected and catalogued the lights and related products shown on these pages - they did not sell them, and we don't either. <P>As Bill often said, "Thanks for stopping by." 40<P>We now return you to Bill's own introduction to this unique resource. 41<p align="center"><font face="Arial"> <b> <font size="5">Hello, 42and welcome to my website, devoted to 43providing information about the development of electric Christmas 44lighting in America. Here you'll learn all about Twentieth Century 45electric holiday lighting in the United States, and see how it has
46changed over the years. Did you know that in the earliest days, 47Christmas lights were so expensive that they were commonly rented for 48the season? We've come a long way since 1900...</font></b></font></p> 49 <p align="center"><font face="Arial"> <b> <font size="4"><br> 50 </font> <font size="5"><font color="#cc3300">The best way to see 51a listing of everything available on the site is to use the </font><a 52 href="table_of_contents.htm">Table 53of Contents</a> <font color="#cc3300">page. From the earliest 54Christmas lights ever made to the popular Bubble Lites of the 551940s and beyond, it's all here!</font></font></b></font></p> 56 <p align="center"><img alt="" 57 src="old_christmaslights/Touch+The+Button+Red+compressed.jpg" 58 style="border: 0px solid ; width: 375px; height: 279px;"><br> 59 <b><font size="2"><br> 60"Touch The Button" brand light set, circa 1909</font></b></p> 61 <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="4"><b> Thanks 62for stopping by, and it is my sincere wish that you enjoy browsing 63through a bit of America's 64early electric Christmas heritage! </b></font></p> 65 <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="4">-Bill Nelson<br> 66Knoxville, Tennessee</font></b></p> 67 <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a =""></a></font></b> </p> 68 <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a 69 href="table_of_contents.htm">TABLE 70OF 71CONTENTS</a> <a href="history.htm">HISTORY</a> 72 <a href="timeline.htm">THE 73TIMELINE</a> <a 74 href="manufacturer_histories.htm">MANUFACTURER'S 75HISTORIES</a> <a href="patents.htm">THE 76PATENT PAGES</a> </font></b> </p> 77 <p align="center"><b><font size="2"> <a href="pre_electric.htm">THE 78PRE-ELECTRIC ERA</a> <a 79 href="Vintage+Advertising.htm">VINTAGE 80ADVERTISING</a> <a 81 href="the_light_sets.htm">THE 82LIGHT SET GALLERIES</a> 83 <a href="links.htm">RELATED 84LINKS </a> </font></b> 85 </p> 86 <p align="center"><b><font size="2"> <a 87 href="frequently_asked_questions.htm">FREQUENTLY 88ASKED QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </p> 89 <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" 90 align="center"><big>Please note this site is presented for historical 91purposes only. </big></p> 92 <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b>The 93contents and pictures on this website are ©1999-2003 by and are the 94property of the author, <br> 95William G. Nelson. All rights reserved. Please ask for permission 96before borrowing<br> 97 images or quoting large sections of this site. Thank you.</b></font> 98 </font> </p> 99 <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><b>The site 100was last updated on December 24 2003</b></font> </font> </p> 101 <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#000080"> </font><font 102 size="2"></font></b></font><b><font size="2"><br> 103 </font></b></p> 104 </td> 105 </tr> 106 </tbody> 107</table> 108</center> 109</div> 110<p align="center"> 111</p> 112 113<center> 114<table bordercolorlight="#CC3300" bordercolordark="#800000" 115 bgcolor="#004400" border="5" > 116 <tr> 117 <td align="center" cellpadding="2" colspan=6><font face="arial, verdana, helvetica, swiss" color="#FFFFFF"> <small>This archive of Bill Nelson's web site was created by Tom Elmore and is sponsored by <a href="http://oldchristmastreelights.com" target=new><font color="#FFDD00">OldChristmasLights.com</a> </small></font></font></td> 118 <td align="center"></td> 119 </tr> 120 <tr> 121 <td align="center" colspan=6 cellpadding="2"><font face="arial, verdana, helvetica, swiss" color="#FFFFFF"> <small><b>Visit our affiliated sites:</b></small></font></td> 122 <td align="center"></td> 123</tr> 124<tr><td bgcolor="#000066"><a href="http://familychristmasonline.com" target=new><img src="http://familychristmasonline.com/rectangle_title_125.gif" border=0 alt="Visit to the FamilyChristmasOnline site."></a></td> 125<td bgcolor="#004400"> 126<a href="http://cardboardchristmas.com" target=new><img src="http://cardboardchristmas.com/cardboard_christmas_link_125.jpg" border=0 alt="Visit our collection of resources for collecting, restoring, and making your own cardboard Christmas houses."></a> 127</td><td bgcolor="#880000"> 128<a href="http://oldchristmastreelights.com" target=new><img src="http://oldchristmastreelights.com/oldchristmastreelights_125x60_button.jpg" border=0 alt="Tour an Archive of George Nelson's Christmas tree light museum, circa 2008"></a> 129</td> 130<td bgcolor="#000088"> 131<a href="http://littleglitterhouses.com" target=new><img src="http://cardboardchristmas.com/littleglitterhouses_125.jpg" border=0 alt="Visit Howard Lamey's glitterhouse gallery, with free project plans, graphics, and instructions."></a> 132</td> 133<td bgcolor="#000000"> 134<a href="http://cardboardchristmas.com/papateds/" target=new><img src="http://cardboardchristmas.com/papateds/papatedbanner_125.gif" border=0 alt="Visit Papa Ted Althof's extensive history and collection of putz houses, the largest and most complete such resource on the Internet.."></a> 135</td> 136<td bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> 137<a href="http://btcomm.com/trains/special_offers/christmas/christmas_sale.htm" target=new><img src="http://btcomm.com/trains/special_offers/christmas/big_xmas_train_tiny.gif" border=0 alt="Visit the Internet's largest resource on choosing and displaying Christmas trains."></a> 138</td> 139</tr> 140 <tr> 141 <td align="center" colspan=6 cellpadding="2"><font face="arial, verdana, helvetica, swiss" color="#FFFFFF"> <small><b>Click <a href="http://oldchristmastreelights.com/contact.htm" target=new><font color="EE3300">here</a> </font>to contact us.</font></b></small></font></td> 142 <td align="center"></td> 143</tr> 144</table> 145</center> 146 147</body> 148</html>
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