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Faux Vintage Ad: McCann’s Celebrated Hats – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Marcy & Madison © Vincenzo Aiosa

Apparently a backdrop for a film painted around September 2013 according to Google Maps.

Showing the cherry picker scaffold in Sept 2013 – Google Maps

Lithograph for sale on Amazon books © A. Winchester

American Almond Products Co. –

Nut Processing Specialists since 1924 © Frank H. Jump

Carver Federal Savings Bank – Electrical Contractors – Revisited – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Deborah C. Wright is President and CEO of Carver Bancorp, the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank. This is the U.S.’s largest publicly traded African-American operated bank, with locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan and QueensWikipedia

Previously posted on FAB:

New Casablanca Cocktail Lounge – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

The place is not closed, Esther is just like 100 years old and takes her time opening up when she wants to. – James J.  – October 4, 2011 – Foursquare

AJ Waldron Real Estate – Insurance – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

Uneeda Biscuit – Reed Avenue – Malcolm X Blvd – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Vincenzo Aiosa

From the book Fading Ads of NYC – History Press, 2011 © Frank H. Jump – taken 1997

Derelict Liquor Neon – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

National Biscuit Company – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

This is most probably the bottom of a Uneeda Biscuit ad from 1905, which was part of a million-dollar advertising budget that the National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco) allocated to outdoor advertising

Early Bedford Avenue Auto Sign

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Monroe Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp. – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa