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Kranich Soap Co (Ten Years Later) – Red Hook, Brooklyn – January 2008

Kranich Soap Co (Ten Years Later) - Red Hook, Brooklyn - January 2008
© Frank H. Jump

This defunct soap factory on Richards Street was one of the thousands I shot over ten years ago (previous posting).

Esso Garage – Clinton Hill, Brooklyn – May 1998

Esso Garage - Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 1998
© Frank H. Jump

These are some of the images that never made it in the Fading Ad Campaign website due to the overwhelming task of creating individual webpages and links for them. Isn’t blogging so much more efficient? Sorry I didn’t start this long ago when the Fading Ad sites took off.

Uneeda Biscuit – Park Slope, Brooklyn – March 2000

Uneeda Biscuit - Park Slope, Brooklyn - March 2000
© Frank H. Jump

Paper & Wooden Matches – Park Slope, Brooklyn – December 2000

Paper & Wooden Matches - Park Slope, Brooklyn - December 2000
© Frank H. Jump

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food – Melbourne, Florida

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food - Melbourne, FL

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food - Melbourne, FL

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food - Melbourne, FL

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food - Melbourne, FL

Pop's Casbah, Fine Food - Melbourne, FL
© Frank H. Jump

Google Maps

Bamberger's – Newark, NJ

Bamberger's - Newark, NJ

Bamberger's - Newark, NJ

Bamberger's - Newark, NJ
© Frank H. Jump

Driving through Newark’s “Department Store Graveyard,” I found Bamberger’s, a defunct Newark based department store with locations formerly in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland.

S&S Packing Co. & Eastern Meats – Newark, NJ

S&S Meat Packing - Newark, NJ

S&S Meat Packing - Newark, NJ

Beef, Lamb, Veal

S&S Meat Packing - Newark, NJ

S&S Meat Packing & Eastern Meats - Newark, NJ
© Frank H. Jump

Coleman National Business College – Newark, NJ

Coleman National Business College - Newark, NJ

Coleman National Business College - Newark, NJ
© Frank H. Jump

Check out virtualnewarknj.com & Satan’s Laundromat on Newark

New World King's Seafood – Newark, NJ

New World King's Seafood - Newark, NJ

New World King's Seafood - Newark, NJ

New World King's Seafood - Newark, NJ
© Frank H. Jump

“New World King’s Seafood, Fried Fish Barbque Restaurant, Fish Market” – Newark, NJ

NY Frame & Picture Company, Williamsburg Brooklyn & False Memory I

New York Frame & Picture Co., Williamsburg Brooklyn

New York Frame & Picture Co., Williamsburg Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump