12-29-2008, 07:48 PM
Not necessarily. I should read some of this promotional material more carefully, as a couple of items clearly show GERN's origins to go back further, at least into the 1800s.
While undated, reference to the British Empire suggests this to be a 19th century document:
[album]260[/album]
Further, this document, expounding on the origins of the GERN logo, adds credence to that suggestion:
Sir: I write to you with an important discovery! Fresh information recently come to light (I told them they should have replaced that bulb years ago!) in the basement of the Gern Archives in Arnprior; an historical set of Gern logos! Top left you'll see what is believed to be the first official use of the word "GERN" on the logo of the commercial enterprise known at the time simply as Gibson's Flux. It would seem to lend credence to the theory shared by most prominent fluxologists that the term "GERN was indeed an initialism affectionately given to the product by a grateful clientele. Or, as a minority opine, given by a clientele exhausted from repeating the words, "Gibson's Extraordinary Remedial Naturalized Flux" . Nonetheless, it appears this logo may have been in use as early as 1860! Note the distinctive Gern propellor! Top right (circa 1900) we see the initialism emerge as a STANDALONE element sans the traditional four word descriptor with which it had always been so closely associated—but still sporting the popular propellor motif! By 1920 (bottom left) the letters forming the word GERN are united into a single typographical entity and all reference to the original initialism has been abandoned. Finally, on the bottom right we see an undated logo, perhaps as early as 1928, incorporating the famous Gern slogan so familiar in the furthest reaches of the globe today. It is believed a second version of this logo may have existed without the propellor! We'll keep digging! yours etc. Amanda Bilgewater Archivist The Gern Foundation
Below are the various versions of the logo referred to in the above letter:
[album]261[/album]
Finally, this ad, from the 1920s
, should demonstrate that, indeed, GERN is a timeless entity. Note in particular the advanced version of the automobile and the then-unheard-of airliner.
[album]262[/album]
This material clearly demonstrates that GERN is the flux of today and of the future.
Or, in your case, of yesteryear. 
to the world of GERN.
Wayne
While undated, reference to the British Empire suggests this to be a 19th century document:
[album]260[/album]
Further, this document, expounding on the origins of the GERN logo, adds credence to that suggestion:
Sir: I write to you with an important discovery! Fresh information recently come to light (I told them they should have replaced that bulb years ago!) in the basement of the Gern Archives in Arnprior; an historical set of Gern logos! Top left you'll see what is believed to be the first official use of the word "GERN" on the logo of the commercial enterprise known at the time simply as Gibson's Flux. It would seem to lend credence to the theory shared by most prominent fluxologists that the term "GERN was indeed an initialism affectionately given to the product by a grateful clientele. Or, as a minority opine, given by a clientele exhausted from repeating the words, "Gibson's Extraordinary Remedial Naturalized Flux" . Nonetheless, it appears this logo may have been in use as early as 1860! Note the distinctive Gern propellor! Top right (circa 1900) we see the initialism emerge as a STANDALONE element sans the traditional four word descriptor with which it had always been so closely associated—but still sporting the popular propellor motif! By 1920 (bottom left) the letters forming the word GERN are united into a single typographical entity and all reference to the original initialism has been abandoned. Finally, on the bottom right we see an undated logo, perhaps as early as 1928, incorporating the famous Gern slogan so familiar in the furthest reaches of the globe today. It is believed a second version of this logo may have existed without the propellor! We'll keep digging! yours etc. Amanda Bilgewater Archivist The Gern Foundation
Below are the various versions of the logo referred to in the above letter:
[album]261[/album]
Finally, this ad, from the 1920s
, should demonstrate that, indeed, GERN is a timeless entity. Note in particular the advanced version of the automobile and the then-unheard-of airliner.[album]262[/album]
This material clearly demonstrates that GERN is the flux of today and of the future.
Or, in your case, of yesteryear. to the world of GERN.Wayne