© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
August, 2015:
Gordon’s Gin – Regency Liquors – The Half Note Club – Chattanooga, TN
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
502 E MLK Blvd © Frank H. Jump
This awning was full of mold an inch deep and the smell coming out of the building of both the Half Note Club and Regency Liquors indicated they were closed for a number of years.
For decades, Ninth Street was the hub of the black community, home to black-owned retail shops, nightclubs and businesses. Bessie Smith sang there as a child and teenager, and it attracted many of biggest black entertainers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Nat “King” Cole, who would stay in the Martin Hotel. Clubs like the Whole Note and The Half Note were full of blues and jazz.
East Ninth Street was renamed M.L King Boulevard in 1981. – Chattanooga Now, March 2014
According to a thread in Old Bars, Chattanooga;
The Whole Note started out as a top of the line club for R&B entertainment and the Half Note was private for the who’s who’s in African American businessmen and politicians. Charles Bryant was the owner.
Bull Durham Tobacco – Uneeda Biscuit – Nabisco – Sloan’s Liniment, etc. – Birmingham, AL
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Dixie Cycle & Toy Co. – Bicycles, Toys, Lawnmower Supplies – Cook Credit Furniture © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Sloan’s © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Also featured in Charles Buchanan’s Fading Ads of Birmingham (History Press, 2012.
Frank Jump, Charles Buchanan & Vincenzo Aiosa – Birmingham, AL – July 2015
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.
Duke University Libraries
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.
Drop Forge Shop – University of Louisville, KY
Drop Forge Shop on south side of former Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co., 2601 South Third Street (notice debris field in foreground) © Frank H. Jump
This is the last remaining structure of the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, which dates back to the late 1800’s. It recently became fully visible after the surrounding warehouses were demolished. The University of Louisville has plans to expand onto this 32-acre tract of land. It looks like they intend to incorporate this building into the new developments. – Diane Deaton Street – Flickr
Digital Library Collection – University of Louisville
