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Mail Pouch Tobacco – Ft. Edward, NY – David Silver

143 Broadway, Ft. Edward, NY – © David Silver

JFG Special Coffee – Knoxville, TN – Featured Artist – Vance Bass

Knoxville TN © Vance Bass
The Best Part of the Meal (cropped) © Vance Bass
cropped © Vance Bass
cropped © Vance Bass

Frank, here’s a shot I took recently in Knoxville TN. The JFG Coffee building is on the right, and the huge sign on the left is apparently situated to be visible from the railroad tracks to passing passengers.

Vance Bass

200 WEST JACKSON AVENUE

JFG Coffee Company was founded in Morristown in 1882 by James Franklin Goodson as a wholesale grocery company. JFG was one of the best-known regional roasters and marketers of ground coffee, tea, mayonnaise, and peanut butter. JFG was acquired by Louisiana’s Reily Foods Company (maker of Luzianne Tea) in 1965, closed this location in 2005, and moved its roasting facility near Sutherland Avenue.

Originally the home of Bowman Moore Hat Company, this five-story structure built in 1924, with its six-bay façade and elaborate cornices, has for most of its history served as a roasting plant for JFG coffee beans. The building became JFG’s roasting plant and headquarters in 1926.

The building’s Romanesque influences were typical of buildings involved in the jobbing trade that developed during the latter part of the 19th century. The building was converted into residences in 2009.

Knoxville Heritage dot org

Lockwood Bros. Co. – Furniture & Carpets – Paterson, NJ – Featured Fade – Jordan Jacobs, Guest Contributor

M. Pecharsky – Tuxedo & Dress – Featured Fade – Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Miss Heather – Guest Contributor

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R. B. Wing & Son – Paint, Varnish, Glass – Hardware – Albany, NY – Featured Fade – Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman

© Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman

All over Albany said:

For many years, R.B. Wing and Son was recognized as perhaps the oldest business in the city. It started around 1854 as a ship’s chandler when Albany was a booming river port, and then transitioned into construction supplies. Unfortunately, it closed in 1996 after 151 years in business, and is no longer in the running for oldest business in Albany. – Carl Johnson, All Over Albany – January 19, 2012

Scheuer Wise & Company – Wholesale Dry Goods & Notions – Wrigley’s Spearmint Pepsin Gum – Montgomery AL – Adam Belfer

© Adam Belfer

Featured Fade – The Hub – Howard’s Everything for Men – Walk Over Shoes – Stetson Hats – Bozeman, MT – Amy Beckerman Zarndt

© Amy Beckerman Zarndt

Paine’s Celery Compound – Makes People Well – West Pawlet, VT – Featured Fade – Jay Blotcher

© Jay Blotcher

Vermont Historical Society

Vermont Historical Society

Vermont Historical Society

Image repositioned and reimagined by Frank H. Jump © Jay Blotcher

F. C. Russell Windows Ad – Orcas Island, OR – NW Pacific Correspondent – Howie Schechter

© Howie Schechter

Life Magazine, March 16, 1953 © Google Books

The Rotarian October 1955 © Google Books

J.J. Newberry Co. – 5, 10 AND 25 CENT STORE – Saugerties, NY – Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

© Jaqui O’Shaughnessy