This book contains almost 200 photos taken from the late nineteenth
century to the 1960s by the General Electric Company. Over these decades
GE scientists continually experimented to invent and modify street
lights that could transform urban downtowns, rural roads, and parks into
daylight use. The images in this book show more than half of America
lighting up for the first time liberating the country from common
darkness and allowing entertainment, work, and pleasure to become a 24
hour pursuit.