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NY State Unemployment Bureau, Queensborough Plaza, LIC Queens, NY

Unemployment Bureau, Queensborough Plaza, LIC NY

Unemployment Bureau, Queensborough Plaza, LIC NY
© Frank H. Jump

Welding Equipment, Acetylene – Northern Blvd, LIC NY

Welding Equipment - Northern Blvd, LIC, NY

Welding Equipment - Northern Blvd, LIC, NY
© Frank H. Jump

Day & Meyer, Murray & Young Corp – Fireproof Warehouse – Second Avenue & the 59th Street Bridge, NYC

Day & Meyer, Murray & Young Corp - Fireproof Warehouse - Second Avenue & the 59th Street Bridge, NYC
© Frank H. Jump

Day & Meyer, Murray & Young Corp - Fireproof Warehouse - Second Avenue & the 59th Street Bridge, NYC
Day & Meyer Murray & Young Corp., 1166 2nd Ave. at 61st St. (1987) © Walter Grutchfield

Another MACK sign. 

Safe Deposit Vaults – Queensborough Plaza

Safe Deposit Vaults - Queensborough Plaza

Safe Deposit Vaults - Queensborough Plaza

Safe Deposit Vaults - Queensborough Plaza

Safe Deposit Vaults - Queensborough Plaza

Safe Deposit Vaults - Queensborough Plaza
© Frank H. Jump

Clarke Brothers Department Store – Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA

Clark Brothers Department Store - Pittston Avenue, Moosic PA
© Frank H. Jump

Sonny Bakery – Pittston Avenue – Moosic, PA

Sonny Bakery - Pittston Avenue - Moosic, PA

Sonny Bakery - Pittston Avenue - Moosic, PA

Sonny Bakery - Pittston Avenue - Moosic, PA
© Frank H. Jump

Cruising Up Pittston Avenue – Moosic, PA

Pittston Avenue - Moosic, PA
© Frank H. Jump

Here’s a few of the Moosic Faders while driving up Pittston Avenue.

Coca-Cola, Washington D.C., 2002 – Sandra Walker, watercolorist

Coca-Cola, Washington D.C., 2002 - Sandra Walker, watercolorist
© Sandra Walker

Notice the spelling “refeshing.” – Sandra Walker

Sandra Walker is an American watercolorist living in the UK who paints fading ads. Here is one of the working snapshots she took while touring the US scouting for signs. The Omega Oil sign was also one of her works. An example of her Quaker Oats ad from DC is also posted on this blog.

Printing & Advertising – Carbondale, PA

Printing & Advertising - Carbondale, PA

Printing & Advertising - Carbondale, PA
© Frank H. Jump

Former Keystone Paints Distributor – Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump

Wigan World UK

A line of refining mills. (Keystone Paints & Varnish Co. Ltd.)¹

Keystone Paints - Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn