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Gimbels – Price Tag – Midtown Manhattan, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Chris Rock & Rosario Dawson @ Top Five Premiere – Ziegfeld Theatre & Terminal 5, NYC

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Slideshow includes images of: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Cedric the Entertainer, Ben Vereen, Lorne Michaels, J.B. Smoove, Tracie Thoms & members of the Dawson Family taken on December 3, 2014 @ Top Five Premiere & After Party and presented in chronological order by © Frank H. Jump (except one promotional shot).

Louis Mattia – Chandeliers & Sconces Wired – Liberace Bought Fifteen Fixtures! – Midtown, NYC

PLaza3-2176 © Vincenzo Aiosa

© New York Magazine

Liberace bought fifteen fixtures. – New York Magazine

Gimbels – Greeley Arcade Building – Midtown, NYC

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Other Gimbels shots on FAB

The National Safety Bank & Trust Co. – Midtown, NYC – Featured Fade, Bart A. Carlucci

© Bart A. Carlucci

© Bart A. Carlucci

I bought your “Fading Ads of NYC” book last week and it’s awesome. Some of those pictures are incredible! Keep up the good work. With the city changing so rapidly, a lot of this rich history is being lost and it’s excellent to have someone preserving it while it’s still possible to do so. 

Like yourself, I also have an interest in fading ads and while on my way back from lunch today I passed by this ad on the side of a building on 37th St, between Broadway and 6th Ave. They just knocked down a building next to the one where this ad was painted so it may have been covered for years; I have never seen it there previously. The National Safety Bank & Trust Company of New York opened in 1928 and stopped printing money in 1935. – Bart A. Carlucci

The National Safety Bank And Trust Company Of New York in New York printed $1,505,370 dollars worth of national currency. Over $1,000,000 face value is a lot of money. However, some types and denominations of currency from this bank could still be rare. This national bank opened in 1928 and stopped printing money in 1935. – Antique Money dot com

Re-Featured Fade: Doehler Metal Furniture Co. Inc. – Manning, Bowman & Co. – Midtown, NYC – Jordan Jacobs & Dr. Jeffrey Engel

© Jordan Jacobs & Dr. Jeffrey Engel

© Jordan Jacobs & Dr. Jeffrey Engel

Electric Appliances & Smart Gifts © Jordan Jacobs & Dr. Jeffrey Engel

Get A Room! – Hotel Irvin – ‘From $2.50 & Up’ – Midtown, NYC 1997

From The Fading Ads of NYC (History Press, 2011) © Frank H. Jump

Kahn, Weiss, & Feig – Costumes & Dresses – Pearlman & Herbert Waists & Dresses – Prashker Bros Mfgs of Women’s Dresses… etc. – 38 West 26th Street – NYC

© Frank H. Jump

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Pearlman & Herbert and Prashker Bros were previously indecipherable.

UPDATE FROM WALTER GRUTCHFIELD ON JULY 8, 2013:

Frank, Turns out Rashker at 38 W 26th St. is actually Prashker.  Found the following in a 1925 city directory: “Prashker Bros (Morris and Jacob) infants’ wear, 38 W 26th.”  – Walter

Hadson Realty – MACK SIGN – Taken from Broadway & West 27th Street – NYC

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PS’d  – Hue & Saturation – then Grayscale © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Featured Fade – John A. Murray- Plumbers, Steam, Gas & Mill Supplies – David Silver – Midtown, NYC

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