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April, 2011:

Lubritorium – Near Lafayette, NJ

© Frank H. Jump

Hue saturation © Frank H. Jump

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lubritorium

n pl , -ria (Chiefly U.S.) a place, as in a service station, for the lubrication of motor vehicles
(C20: from lubricate + -orium, as in sanatorium)  – Dictionary Reverso dot net

Candies & Pastries – Calgary AB, Canada – Kevin Millar

Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Edmunton, Saskatoon © Kevin Millar

This sign was under Rudge Bicycles.

Featured Fades – Philco – Coca-Cola – Knoxville, TN – Kristi Siegel Capone

© Kristi Siegel Capone - Thiftgoddess

Skewed in Photoshop by Frank H. Jump - Courtesy Thriftgoddess

© Kristi Siegel Capone - Thriftgoddess

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Featured Fade – Firestone Tires – Vulcanizing Service – Helena, MT – Kevin Millar

Bud's Tire Shop © Kevin Millar

Featured Fade – Highlander Beer – Helena, MT – Kevin Millar

© Kevin Millar

Featured Fade – Long’s Pharmacy – San Diego, CA – Sgt. Scott Hoffman

On a Woolworth's Building! © Sgt. Scott Hoffman

Featured Fade – Schaefer Ad – East Islip, LI – Fuzzygalore @ Roadside Galore

 

Our Hand Has Never Lost Its Skill © Roadside Galore

Long overdue, this amazing find is on the side of Montauk Highway on the way to the Eastern tip of Long Island. Go to Roadside Galore and read about the saga of preserving this ad.

Marrs Domestic, Sanitary & ? Engineers – Metal – Calgary AB, Canada- Kevin Millar

© Kevin Millar

Domestic engineering and the journal of mechanical contracting, Volume 99, 1922 - Google Books

James Marr- Trans-Canada pipeline engineer - Allied Engineer dot com - CLICK FOR PDF

Honesdale Machine Shop – Honesdale, PA

© Frank H. Jump