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In 1955, in the city of New York, the rather bulky neon "DONT WALK" and "WALK" pedestrian
signal was installed and introduced. It was manufactured by Winkomatic. In the picture, a pair
is depicted. At the time, each one was practically brand new, since both pedestrian signals
were recently installed.
Below them is former (then) traffic commissioner Henry Barnes, in which he is depicted
as working with the newly installed signalized intersection's electro-mechanical signal controller
amidst curious fellow New Yorkers on the street.
Circa 1955 as some sources claim.
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The Winkomatic neon pedestrian signals (large ones) and others similar to them from that company were pretty heavy as well. Not exactly light, y'know. Joe_347V is correct. Winkomatic offered I believe at least two different models that were each bulky (neon as well), and at least one model that was slightly smaller and less wider.
In the city of New York, this particular model from Winkomatic (as depicted in the picture above) was commonly used on the streets there from the 1955 until the early 1980s, in which, at the time, they were all removed from service. Another variation of a neon pedestrian signal (from Winkomatic I believe) was also used in New York City, which was less bigger. I believe that one was introduced sometime in the 1970s.