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Coy, Disbrow & Co. Paper – West Village, NYC 2005

Mar 8th, 2008
by fadingad.

Paper Co - NYC

Paper Co - NYC
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Posted in: Christopher Street, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, West Village.

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4 Comments

  1. Robert Baptista says:
    March 8, 2008 at 4:51 am

    The sign reads Coy, Disbrow & Co. Paper. Robert H. Coy and Hamilton T. Disbrow were wholesale paper and twine dealers. The building is located at 686 Greenwich St. at Christopher St., New York. The history of the company and a 1940s photo of the pre-faded sign is available at the link: http://www.waltergrutchfield.net/coydisbrow.htm

  2. fadingad says:
    March 8, 2008 at 6:47 am

    I used to get drunk in a bar underneath this sign and dance until dawn back in the day.

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  4. jerry a schaefer says:
    October 9, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    Hamilton Disbrow was my great grandfather, I’m just starting to follow the family history and this is very interesting to find out how popular he was, I plan to go to new york to see this building in person,