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NOMA Rocket Bubble Lights
- Year
- 1961–1962 Community consensus
- Manufacturer
- NOMA Lites, Inc. Community consensus
About this item
Space-age bubble lights with rocket-shaped plastic bases, made by NOMA only in 1961 and 1962. They were designed by Frank Pettit, NOMA Lites' design director and a former Lionel designer.
Details
- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Lights
- Materials
- plastic rocket-shaped base, glass bubble tube
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Community Identified
- Intro to Bubble Lights Collector Reference Supports: NOMA sold nearly one million Bubble-Lites in December 1946; original box was a book-type box with the NOMA girl on the inside flap, nine-socket straight-line cord with metal socket clips Reference only: cited, never auto-verified. View source
- Old Christmas Tree Lights: The Bubble Light Identification Page Collector Reference Supports: NOMA Biscuit 1946-1947 and 1949-1962, common, miniature base; NOMA discontinued manufacture 1960 but sold stock until 1965 bankruptcy Reference only: cited, never auto-verified. View source