vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
Dred Scott, plaintiff in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford case at the Supreme Court of the United States Painted by Louis Schultze, commissioned by a "group of Negro citizens" and presented to the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, in 1882. - Wikipedia
Dred Scott vs. Sandford – Wikipedia
Dred Scott, plaintiff in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford case at the Supreme Court of the United States Painted by Louis Schultze, commissioned by a "group of Negro citizens" and presented to the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, in 1882. - Wikipedia
Dred Scott vs. Sandford – Wikipedia
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) - pictured in May 1944 - Wikimedia Commons
Mahatma Gandhi – Wikipedia
Jamaica Queens - © Frank H. Jump
Name That Neighborhood: Jamaica is an English distortion of an Algonquin tribe that inhabited this Long Island outpost — the Jameco Indians (also referred to as the Yamecah tribe). They were named after the Algonquin word for beaver. – Bowery Boys
Banca Stabile - taken from "Little Italy" by Emelie Aleandri - Google Books¹
Latest NY Times article: In Little Italy, a Former Bank Will Now Hold Immigrants’ Memories by VINCENT M. MALLOZZI – Published: September 9, 2008
Banca Stabile - taken from "Little Italy" by Emelie Aleandri - Google Books¹
Latest NY Times article: In Little Italy, a Former Bank Will Now Hold Immigrants’ Memories by VINCENT M. MALLOZZI – Published: September 9, 2008
© Frank H. Jump
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The Keller Hotel
Photo: 1939-41, New York City Department of Finance
I remember as a teenager dancing at Keller’s on hot summer nights in the mid 1970s.
© Frank H. Jump
From Little Italy by Emelie Aleandri – Google Books
Little Italy by Emelie Aleandri – Google Books
From “Little Italy” by Emelie Aleandri
Banca Stabile & Co.-
Library of Congress
My buddy Robert Baptista – Colorants History.org– found this image and forwarded me some historical anecdotes pertaining to this former Brooklyn business (celluloid combs) that are reminiscent of the famous Triangle Factory Fire. Thanks Robert!
Hi Frank- I was looking at Brooklyn photos at the Library of Congress web site when I came across the attached photo with an interesting story behind it. The photo shows a celluloid comb factory at 150-152 Columbia St. that was hit by a devastating fire on Nov. 8, 1909. According to a New York Times article of Nov. 17, 1909 the fire claimed ten lives. The building had no fire escapes and iron bars on the second floor windows prevented workers from escaping.
The owner of the business, Robert Morrison, lost his son William in the fire. William was trying to rescue other workers. A despondent Robert Morrison committed suicide at his Brooklyn home on Nov. 18, 1909.
I don’t know if the building is still there. If it is, it would make a good then and now feature at your web site.
Best regards,
Robert
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