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Embroidery – Office on Premises – Columbia Street – Red Hook, Brooklyn

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

Embroidery - Office on Premises - © Frank H. Jump

On the same construction site as “The Flavor Lasts” – OJ Gude Advertising [below].

The Flavor Lasts – OJ Gude Advertising – So Does the Painted Ad – Columbia Street – Red Hook, Brooklyn

The Flavor Lasts - OJ Gude Advertising - © Frank H. Jump

The Flavor Lasts - OJ Gude Advertising - © Frank H. Jump

The Flavor Lasts - OJ Gude Advertising - © Frank H. Jump

The Flavor Lasts - OJ Gude Advertising - © Frank H. Jump

From Julian Seery Gude (OJ Gude’s great great grandson):

Hi Frank, thanks for letting me know about the latest O.J. Gude sign to pop up. Looks like the building that was stacked against the sign did a decent job of preserving it. It makes you wonder about all the secrets that a city like New York holds in her clutches!

Boilers Bought & Sold – Brooklyn Navy Yard


© Frank H. Jump

Chocolat Cémoi – [Non] Fabriqué á Grenoble – South of Briançon – Provence Haut-Alpes, France


© Frank H. Jump

France: Cemoi Chocolate Firm to Expand in Eastern Europe by Acquiring Poland’s Gryf

Chocolat Cémoi – Perpignan, France

Azur & Total Gas-Oil Pentimento – Courbet – Briançon, France


© Frank H. Jump

Harlem Grocery Store – West 128th Street


© Frank H. Jump

Spatz Furniture – Frederick Douglass Blvd. – Harlem, NYC


© Frank H. Jump

More on Spatz @ Vanishing

Harlem Wagon – West 126th Street


© Frank H. Jump

Flour, Hay, Grain & Feed – At Wholesale & Retail – 303 West 128th Street – Harlem, NYC


© Frank H. Jump

Thank you Ruth Goldberg & Bill Toles for the tip!

Cycle Related Images from Abroad – Italy & Spain

Community Bike Rentals – Alba, Torino

Community Bike Rentals – Barcelona, Spain

Torino, Italy

Early Twentieth Century Cycle Shop – Volpiano, TO


© Frank H. Jump

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