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Bob Pins & JS Blank & Co. Men's Neckwear – East 30th Street & Fifth Avenue

Bob Pins & JS Blank & Co. Men's Neckwear - East 30th Street & Fifth Avenue

Bob Pins & JS Blank & Co. Men's Neckwear - East 30th Street & Fifth Avenue
© Frank H. Jump

Bob Pins Fresco has held up pretty good in the last ten years. Luck of a northern exposure.

American Book Bindery Building – West 30th Street, NYC

American Book Bindery Building - West 30th Street, NYC

American Book Bindery Building - West 30th Street, NYC
© Frank H. Jump

M & G Metal Craft Mfg. Corp. – West 30th Street, Lincoln Tunnel Expressway – NYC

M & G Metal Craft Mfg. Corp. - West 30th Street, Lincoln Tunnel Expressway - NYC

M & G Metal Craft Mfg. Corp. - West 30th Street, Lincoln Tunnel Expressway - NYC
© Frank H. Jump

Fans – Canal Street, NYC

Fans - Canal Street, NYC
© Frank H. Jump

SuperB Drug – Canal Street, NYC

SuperB Drug - Canal Street, NYC
© Frank H. Jump

Ideal Hosiery – Grand Street, NYC

Ideal Hosiery - Grand Street, NYC

Ideal Hosiery - Grand Street, NYC

Ideal Hosiery - Grand Street, NYC

Ideal Hosiery - Grand Street, NYC

Ideal Hosiery - Grand Street, NYC
© Frank H. Jump

Found this great site through Lawrence O’Tooles Philadelphia Sign ProjectVillatype – that features urban typefaces worldwide. Saw Ideal Hosiery on this site and rummaged through my voluminous digital archive and found my shots of it.

Howitt The Druggist – Port Jervis, NY

Howitt Druggist - Port Jervis, NY
© Frank H. Jump

Wolf White & Son – Worcester, MA

Wolf White & Son - Worcester, MA

Wolf White & Son - Worcester, MA
© Frank H. Jump

“Wholesale Distributors…Cosmetics…Notions…”

Puritan Bottle Supply Co. – Worcester MA

Puritan Bottle Supply Company - Worcester, MA

Puritan Bottle Supply Company - Worcester, MA

Puritan Bottle Supply Company - Worcester, MA
© Frank H. Jump

“We Buy & Sell.”

Philadelphia Ghost Signage Project Gets Inked

Philadelphia Ghost Signage Project - Lawrence O'Toole