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Brooklyn Storefronts

Greenwich Fixture Co., Inc. – Store Interiors – Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Dobbin Street © Vincenzo Aiosa

London Motors Service – Dodge – 475 Flushing Avenue – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Brooklyn Eagle – Courtesy of Fulton History

American Almond Products Co. –

Nut Processing Specialists since 1924 © Frank H. Jump

Singer Clothing – Lee Avenue – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

Sander’s Kosher Bakery – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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© Frank H. Jump

Boro Kitchen Cabinets – Bushwick, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Smith’s – Buster Brown Shoes – Church Avenue – East Flatbush, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

Buster Brown & his dog Tige © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcaultwho was known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company. (The name “Buster” came either directly or indirectly from the popularity of Buster Keaton, then a child actor invaudeville.)

This mischievous young boy was loosely based on a boy near Outcault’s home inFlushing, New York. His physical appearance, including the pageboy haircut, was utilized by Outcault and later adopted by Buster Brown. The actual boy’s name was Granville Hamilton Fisher, son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing. The family subsequently moved to Amityville, New York where Charles Fisher ran a real estate and insurance business on Merrick Road. Granville operated a phonograph and radio sales and repair shop across the street from his father until his sudden death in 1936.

Richard Barker played Buster Brown in the Brown Shoe Company advertising campaign as a small child. There is a book written about Richard Barker and his life as Buster Brown in the advertising campaign. The book about Richard Barker is titled “Buster Brown and the Cowboy”. – Wikipedia

Stereo – Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Manhattan Avenue © Frank H. Jump

Shoe Repair Storefront – 1918 Nostrand Avenue – Flatbush, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

She She Boutique Owner Murdered – Flatbush Avenue

© Frank H. Jump

Brooklyn store owner’s murder officially linked to previous killings.

Rahmatolla Vahidipour, 78, was shot dead with a .22 caliber, the same type of weapon used to kill two other men this summer. Police suspect the same person may have murdered all three men. – NY Daily News