CUF – July 2015 © Frank H. Jump
Earl J. Hilvers opened his Butcher Shop & Grocery on McMicken Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio in 1931. – Hilvers Website
Over-the-Rhine – June 1999 © Frank H. Jump
Vintage Embossed Tin Sign – iCollector
Soft Drinks
Wink – The Sassy One – Canada Dry – Sun Hotel – South Scranton, PA
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Six weeks since the Sun went down, Scranton police Officer Jill Foley drove her cruiser through a silent South Side on patrol Wednesday night looking for some sign, any sign of crime. – Denis J. O’Malley – Times Tribune, July 3, 2011
Today, I was also looking for a sign on Cedar Avenue. I found several. Not the kind of signs for which Officer Jill Foley was looking. Apparently, this once bustling late-19th-century neighborhood is now safer and quieter since this hotel has closed. Reviews on Google for this hotel are hilarious.
The guy in the front with the Harley-Davidson claims to have done the lettering on this sign “too many years ago to remember when.” Within one block, there were many signs of a previous life on Cedar Avenue that was not so nefarious and sleazy. The South Side, as it is called in Scranton, can use a comeback. But then again, so can the North Side and the Middle Side. Scranton has some great architectural and advertising remnant treasures which indicate it once had quite a hey-day. Like most of America’s cities, Scranton is waiting for a second wind.
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Vintage ad – circa 1966 – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
“Get a POP POP tingle with Wink.” – Ann-Margret in a vintage 1960s Canada Dry Wink commercial.
Mirinda Orange Soda – Heliopolis – Cairo, Egypt – Uptown Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah
Skewed in PS by FHJ © Iman R. Abdulfattah
© Iman R. Abdulfattah
Mirinda is a brand of soft drink originally created in Spain [1960] with global distribution. The name “Mirinda” means “wonderful” in Esperanto. There is a claim that the original manufacturer of Mirinda, which later sold the brand to PepsiCo, was an Esperanto-speaking individual…. It is available in fruit varieties including orange, grapefruit, apple, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, pomegranate, banana, passionfruit, lemon, hibiscus, Guarana, tangerine, and grape flavors as well as Tamarind. A “citrus” flavour is also available in certain areas of the Middle East. – Wikipedia
Mirinda, United Arab Emirates – Wikipedia Commons – CLICK FOR LINK
