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[[File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|thumb|Reddy Kilowatt (1933).]]'''Reddy Kilowatt''' is a branding character that acted as corporate spokesman for [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] generation in the United States and other countries beginning in 1926. | [[File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|thumb|Reddy Kilowatt (1933).]]'''Reddy Kilowatt''' is a branding character that acted as corporate spokesman for [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] generation in the United States and other countries beginning in 1926. | ||
Reddy Kilowatt is drawn as a stick figure whose body and limbs are made of stylized [[Lightning (nonfiction)|lightning]]-bolts and whose bulbous head has a light bulb for a nose and wall outlets for ears. | |||
Reddy Kilowatt made his first published appearance on March 14, 1926 in an advertisement in The Birmingham News for the Alabama Power Company (APC). | |||
The character was the brainchild of the company’s 40-year-old commercial manager, Ashton B. Collins, Sr. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
File:Reddy_Kilowatt_menaces_boy.png|Reddy Kilowatt menaces boy. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem]] - an award-winning children's book | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Electricity (nonfiction)]] | * [[Electricity (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Lightning (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | External links: | ||
Latest revision as of 17:13, 23 October 2020
Reddy Kilowatt is a branding character that acted as corporate spokesman for electricity generation in the United States and other countries beginning in 1926.
Reddy Kilowatt is drawn as a stick figure whose body and limbs are made of stylized lightning-bolts and whose bulbous head has a light bulb for a nose and wall outlets for ears.
Reddy Kilowatt made his first published appearance on March 14, 1926 in an advertisement in The Birmingham News for the Alabama Power Company (APC).
The character was the brainchild of the company’s 40-year-old commercial manager, Ashton B. Collins, Sr.
In the News
Reddy Kilowatt menaces boy.
Fiction cross-reference
- Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem - an award-winning children's book
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Reddy Kilowatt @ Wikipedia