PAINTED ROADSIDE ADVERTISEMENTS - Index of Brands

Home appliances 2

Akai
Atlantic
Brandt
Clarville
Cooking with  electricity
Jan De Schutter
EFEL
Electricité
 Nord de Belgique
Frigéavia, Giravia,
 Téléavia
Frigéco
Frigidaire
Grammont
Grandin
Grundig
His Master's Voice
Hoover
Laden
Lincoln
L.M.T.
Neff
Philips
Radielec
Radiola
Schneider
SOMY
Surdiac
Tele Nett
Thermor
Thomson
Trame
Vedette
Zanussi

Astorga (Spain);
VII.1999
Philips favored azulejos instead of paint. Today, it proves to be the right choice.
Barruelo de Santullàn (Palencia, Spain);
VIII.1999; pict. A. Guët
Mejores no hay - PHILIPS
or There aren't any better.
A clear statement supported by a firm stroke.

 
PHILIPS

Gerald Philips established his company for the manufacturing of carbon-filament lamps as early as 1891. A research laboratory was started in 1914.

More to read: the story of the Philips logo (latest check XI.2019).

Notice that the undulating lines in the shield are different between both walls.

Mont de Marsan (France);
-1998
SCHNEIDER
radio - télévision
... toujours le meilleur!

(... always the best!)

Avignonnet RN113 (31 France);
VII.1994; pict. P. Rigault
SCHNEIDER
radio - télévision
C'est toujours le meilleur!

(It's always the best!)

Cavignac (France);
V.1998
TÉLÉ - RADIO
and barely visible the parrot saying
qui dit TÉLÉ - qui dit RADIO
dit Radiola

or
radio and Radiola are synonymous

Lamotte Beuvron (N20, France);
31.X.1999
No parrot on this wall. The R has the right shape however. The mascot probably went away together with the caption.
Laval (Mayenne, France);
XI.1999; pict. A. Guët
Two Radiola layers on top of Evian
The shape of the R is different from the previous pictures and probably never featured a parrot-head.

St Rambert d'Albion (N7, France);
VIII.1997; pict. T. Dubois
TÉLÉ - RADIO
Radiola
Le Bourget (N17, 93 France);
VI.1996; pict. T. Dubois
qui dit TÉLÉ - qui dit RADIO
dit Radiola

The bottom line says stéréo

This ad is part of a
bigger mural for LU-biscuits

Chalons /s Saone (France);
VIII.2001; pict. C. Fiquet
qui dit TÉLÉ - RADIO - ELECTRO-MENAGER
dit Radiola

El Ferrol (Spain); VII.1999
GRUNDIG
la técnica a tu favor
(= technology for your benefit)
VIDEO - TV - Hi-FI
Juvisy s Orge (France); I.2006; pict. A. Guët
Tele Nett
constructeur
téléviseurs ∙ tout transistors

and then the address and instructions to get there.

Must date from the time when vacuum tubes in consumer electronics were forced out by the modern transistor.

Labastide-Murat (France);
VII.1999
Télévision Transistors
Clarville
Tec...?
La Bassée (France);
16.IV.2001
Chailloue (61, France);
VI.2004; pict. Ph. Rigault
Télévision
Clarville
??? Transistors

Clarville produced radio and television sets, but also record players and tape recorders. It belongs to the Thomson-Brandt group since the take over in 1962.
Read more about the Thomson brands
In the 1950s Clarville formed together with Arel (in the section about transportation) the distri­bution network of Radio-France. Clarville was for home appliances and Arel stood for car audio receivers.

St Martory, 3.VII.2013; pict. A. Guët

Auto radio arel and RADIO Clarville

This Clarville covers an older advert for Forvil (Exigez la brillantine Forvil) with many samples in our Bodycare section).

Orissa (India), XII.2006; pict. H. De Meyer

My AKAI
Truly Japanese. Truly Advanced.

Akai was launched in India in the late 1990s.

Costa da Caparica (Portugal);
VI.1998; pict.: A. Guët
Hoover ê tempo livre
or: Hoover means free time

The modern way of talking to the passers-by. The message does more than tell what the product is: it indicates the gain for the buyer.

StAlbain (N6, 71 France);
XII.1998; pict. T. Dubois
Aspirateurs
MACHINES A LAVER
Fers ...
HOOVER

or
Vacuum Cleaners
WASHING MACHINES
flat-irons ...


 
James Spangler, a tinkerer reduced to cleaning floors at department stores, made the first electric suction carpetcleaner and patented it in 1908.

One of his first contraptions was sold to his cousin married with William Hoover then a saddlemaker. Hoover was very well aware that his saddle-business couldn't last forever and soon purchased the rights to manu­facture the suction sweeper.

Sales became a success after Hoover recruited door-to-door salesmen giving demonstrations in homes throughout the U.S.

Suresnes (92 France);
II.1995; pict. P. Rigault
Suresnes (92 France);
II.1995; pict. P. Rigault

 
Both paintings are part of an advert covering opposite sides of the same building. Hoover shares the space with Cinzano.

Have a look at both walls and spot the differences.
Overview of first wall
Overview of second wall

Senlis (60 France);
VI.2001; pict. A. Guët
GRANDIN
Radio - Télévision
Senlis (60 France);
XI.1990; pict. P. Rigault
The same wall ten years earlier.
Ajaccio (Corsica);
VII.2003; pict. A. Guët
GRANDIN
Radio - Télévision
L'électronique à votre service

Comines (France);
16.IV.2001

Tele - Hifi - Menager
TRAME
Les vrais specialistes

Marc-en-Barroeul (France);
04.VI.2001

Brussel (Belgium); 15.III.2014;
pict L. Parmentier

H.M.V. RADIO

His Master's Voice was a trademark of the British Gramophone Company. The Belgian division S.A. Gramophone N.V was founded in the autumn of 1936 in Brussels and produced radio and later also television sets. Gramophone ceased to exist in 1971 and became EMI Belgium.

The painting was spotted in the Kazerne­straat: a street parallel to the Lemonnierlaan where the company was housed.

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