vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
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Previously posted another image of this wall entitled Bread (on Sutphin Blvd) but have since identified a possible name of the business. This pentimento also has the words “Castle” and “Beach” peeking through. Any leads on this, please comment.
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Did you know that the core of golf balls are made with gutta percha, the same material used to fill root canals (endodontic therapy)? Red maples are not as exotic. They should not be confused with sugar maples which produce the fabulous pancake syrup. Aren’t trees great? You can ruin your teeth and then rebuild them with tree sap!
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Looks like Plast Bros. Will return to this spot to take another shot with better light.
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The advertising for Sachs New York was commissioned by the Mack Sign Company. Other Macks signs on my Fading Ad Campaign Website. Check out Walter Grutchfield’s 14th to 42nd for an in-depth history of the Mack Sign Company.
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Samuel Rubel (1881 – 1949) “Coal Miner & Ice Retailer”
View train records at Trains Are Fun.
Read more at Walter Grutchfield’s NYC Signs – 14th To 42nd Street
Also see Rubel’s affiliation with Stillwater Lake in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania.
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courtesy of Brian (formerly from Dallas, PA)
My buddy Brian took these shots on his way up to a Pumpkin Festival on Washington Street in Keene, New Hampshire. More pumpkin facts: as in most vine flowers, pumpkin flowers are either male or female (rarely hermaphroditic or perfect flowers- which contain both male and female flower parts – as in roses).
This photo depicts a funny marriage between pumpkin flowers &
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