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When Things Look Black – Orange, NJ

Jul 7th, 2007
by fadingad.

When Things Look Black
© Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Propaganda.

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8 Comments

  1. Geraldine Reed says:
    January 27, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    I have an advertisement tong with “Imperial Laundry Co.” raised letters on the metal on one side and the motto, “When Things Look Black” on the other. Wonder how old these might be. We use them ALL the time. My mother lived in Newark NJ. She was born in 1914.

    1. MrChester)Chester Tuthill says:
      January 14, 2012 at 8:43 pm

      Go to the Imperial Laundry site and see my response.

  2. fadingad says:
    January 27, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Wow Geraldine. What a great anecdote. Not sure how old it is. Take a photo of the front and back and I will post it!

    Best,
    Frank

    1. MrChester)Chester Tuthill says:
      January 14, 2012 at 8:45 pm

      If you are still around, go to the Imperial Laundry site and see my response.

      1. aja smith says:
        February 6, 2012 at 6:19 am

        hi, mr tuthill what is the link? Thank you.

  3. MrChester)Chester Tuthill says:
    January 14, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    My Great Uncles managed the Imperial Laundry during the early years of the last Century. Their names were William and Louis Busch. My last contact with them was in the year 1946 when Uncle Bill (who I visited en route to a job interview in New York City) said that I must wear a hat to the interview. I didn’t have one, so he gave me his hat and insisted that I wear it. I got the job! Anyone interested in them or the laundry can contact me.

    1. fadingad says:
      February 6, 2012 at 3:27 pm

      Would love to see your website! Please provide a link. Thanks. Frank

  4. June Tuthill Bassemir says:
    January 14, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    I have two Imperial Laundry advertising items, as my grand uncles William and Louis Busch either owned the laundry or managed it. One is a small screw diver key chain and the other is a carpenter’s pencil – big and round. I judge them to be from the l940’s I used to have a big metal spoon with raised letters on it “Imperial Laundry” but it has disappeared. Does anyone know what happened to Marilyn Busch? She woulld be in her 80’s now and is my cousin. June