© Vincenzo Aiosa
Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms
Crown Coat Front Co – Union Square – 1997 & 2008
October 2008 - © Vincenzo Aiosa
October 2008 - © Vincenzo Aiosa
October 2008 - © Vincenzo Aiosa
From the roof of the NY Film Academy - April 1997 - © Frank H. Jump
Originally posted on the Fading Ad Campaign Website.
October 2008 - © Vincenzo Aiosa
Also visible are the Carl Fisher and Importers of Japanese Goods ads.
MILK – Dairy Delivery Co – Burlingame, California – Sept 2003
Severn Lodge Dairy – MILK – The Milk with More Cream – There is No Substitute for Pure Milk – San Francisco & San Mateo Counties – Near Burlingame Train Station – © Frank H. Jump
Originally posted on the Fading Ad Campaign Website
Oldsmobile – Flatbush Avenue
Oldsmobile - Flatbush Avenue - © Frank H. Jump
Off Rogers Avenue & Snyder - © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Originally posted on the Fading Ad Campaign Website:
Gaines Motors Co. & Kaye Outdoor Adv Co
Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn
– taken April 7, 2006
Perhaps the Flatbush Avenue Oldsmobile dealer and this one were related. Kaye Outdoor is also extant. This is a job for Kevin Walsh!
Hunter Baltimore Rye & The Mystery Man of 666 Broadway – Broadway Across from Lincoln Center – March, 2000 & April, 2002
Hunter Baltimore Rye - April 2002 - © Frank H. Jump
Hunter Baltimore Rye - April 2002 - © Frank H. Jump
Immediately when I saw this sign revealed, it solved a big mystery. I had shot a similar ad downtown between two buildings on Broadway and Bond (see map & image of man below).
David W. Dunlap (NYTimes) and I tried to decipher what product was being advertised for his December 10, 2000 NYTimes article: Olde York. Two years later, the mystery was solved when a building came down in the Lincoln Center area, east of Broadway.
666 Broadway & Bond - March 2000 - NY Times © Frank H. Jump
courtesy of David W. Dunlap, NY Times
Originally posted on the Fading Ad Campaign Website
Home of Daniel F. Sullivan Co. Advertising – Boston, MA
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
My condolences to the Sullivan Family for your loss of Daniel F Sullivan, Jr.
Pre-WWII Philips Electronics Ad – Harlingen – Friesland, Netherlands
Philips Ad – Fading Ad Campaign, August 1998 – © Frank H. Jump
This treasure was spotted while my mom and I were travelling through Friesland, Holland’s northern province. The language spoken there is totally different than Dutch.
I love the toaster in the upper left. This fresco is truly a work of art created by the original artist, and time.
This ad is quite possibly pre-World War II. – Fading Ad Campaign
Harlingen Flag – Wikipedia
Location of Harlingen in Northern Netherlands – Friesland
Harlingen was given its city rights in 1234.
More on the Frisian language.
77 WABC – Harlem, NYC – taken August 1999
Fading Ad Campaign © Frank H. Jump
Ron Lundy, Harry Harrison Cousin Brucie- these were the most influential voices of my childhood. These men were the DJ’s of my era.
My fondest memories were those sunny days when mom said, “Pack up a pail and shovel, we’re goin’ to the beach. And don’t forget the transistor radio!”
The Sounds of Motown filled the salty air of the Rockaways. And the Beatles, Beach Boys, and all of those fabulous hits we now call classic oldies flew over the radio waves and floated above the surf. I can still hear the roar of the rollercoaster of Rockaway Playland.
Maybe I’m just getting old but they don’t make ’em like that anymore. – Fading Ad Campaign 1999
