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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

Bronx Hardware Painted Sign – Jacqui O’Shaughnessy

© Jacqui O’Shaughnessy

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

© Adam Belfer

Featured Fade – Picture Framing Ghost Uncovered – Quick Lunch – Flatbush & Fifth Avenues – Josh Sucher

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© Josh Sucher

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© Josh Sucher (cropped – grayscale)

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© Josh Sucher – cropped

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© Josh Sucher

@joshsucher tweeted these images this weekend and tagged me. Thanks for the fades! joshsucher.com

Angell’s Delicatessen Revisited Ft. Collins, CO – Wendy Baker

© Wendy Baker

Previously featured here

Tumble Inn Lounge Cafe – Powder River, WY – David Roberts

© David Roberts

© David Roberts

This sign and abandoned restaurant are beside US Highway 20 in the very small town of Powder River, Wy. I was hungry when I passed by, and I wish I could have tried one of those “sizzlin steaks.” – David Roberts, Flickr

Campbell Soup Kid Replica – Long Branch NJ Murals – Featured Guest – Jim McGee

Campbell Soup Kid serving Art on a platter © Jim McGee

Vintage Campbell Soup Ad

 

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

GoGo Club © Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

Piggly Wiggly – Nacogdoches, TX – Chris Adams

Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches – Flickr Stream © Chris Adams

circa 1935 – glenbow dot org

© Chris Adams

Etsy

© Chris Adams

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Brush Up Business With Paint, Paper, Push – Watercolorist, Nan Lombardi

Medium, watercolor 23 x 30 © Nan Lombardi

Nan Lombardi Website

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