© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Bayer? or Boyer? – Any clues Cincinnati?
Cincinnati OH
Stofhelberg’s Havana Seconds- Cigars – Cincinnati, OH – Today & Sixteen Years Ago
Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati – August 9, 2015 © Frank H. Jump
I returned to Cincinnati after sixteen years on our cross-country trip we took this summer. Again, I visited my friend and mentor Tod Swormstedt, founder of the American Sign Museum. In 1999, the museum was just an idea Tod had and today it is a fully realized dream. I searched for this sign, hoping it was still untouched and it was.
Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine neighbor surely has changed as it has morphed from a quasi-abandoned and under-served ghetto into a trendy, upscale dining and drinking strip surrounded by squalor. On our trip across this great nation, the stark differences between the “haves & have-nots” has never been more evident. Within several blocks of profitable tourist trade are communities, both African-American and Euro-American poor living side by side in utter poverty, many of whom have been displaced by gentrification. The tension was palpable.
Dominating this scenario are the anachronistic remnants of a former German immigrant commercial district, touting products that were luxury items in their day.
June 1999 © Frank H. Jump
June 1999 © Frank H. Jump
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From what I can read it looks like: “Stofhelberg’s Havana Seconds- Cigars” Possibly Henry Straus was the distributor. – Fading Ad Campaign, June 1999
Paramount Vodka – Over-the Rhine – Cincinnati, OH
Looks like circa late 70s © Frank H. Jump
Apparently they still distill this in stills in Cleveland. Distill my heart!
The Paramount Pledge – Need a buzz for your buck? The king of budget liquor has 150 ways to get you there By Michael Gill [http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-paramount-pledge/Content?oid=2256506] CleveScene – December 29, 2010
George Hummel – The Ridgewood Furniture & Carpet House – Bushwick, Brooklyn
1497-1603 – 1900’s telephone numbers © Vincenzo Aiosa
George Hummel, Sr. (1851-1911) an acclaimed furniture & cabinet maker, was the son of stone mason David Hummel, a German immigrant who settled in Cincinnati, OH in 1841 according to Constance Lee Menefee, “with optimism and a trade.” There he started the Hummel Building Company. Menefee further states:
At that time Cincinnati was on the crest of a building and expansion boom….David Hummel died in 1894, leaving the business in the capable hands of his three sons: George, Frank and William. Each had been trained as an apprentice to a stone mason, blacksmith or carpenter and each worked at the stone yard and had supervised construction.¹
According to Digging Cincinnati:
In 1893, George Hummel, Sr. was the first to build his home at 3423 Whitfield Avenue. This home remained in his family until his wife, Ella, passed away in 1947. This home, designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.²
George Hummel House – Cincinnati, OH – Courtesy of Wikipedia
Hukon Mfg – Cincinnati, OH – visualingual
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Visualingual – news+inspiration from a design studio in Cincinnati – was just featured at Etsy [your place to buy and sell] and mentioned the Fading Ad Blog as one of their favorite sites. Here is a taste of what’s on the tip of Visualingual’s tongue. Thanks for the mention!
