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Unknown Department Store – Rediscovering Jamaica, Jamaica Queens
© Frank H. Jump
Looks like Plast Bros. Will return to this spot to take another shot with better light.
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Sachs New York – A Mack Sign – Rediscovering Jamaica, Jamaica Queens
© Frank H. Jump
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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Rubel Coal & Ice Corp. – Rediscovering Jamaica – Jamaica Queens
© Frank H. Jump
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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Coca-Cola Ad in Keene, NH – Pumpkin Festival
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 &
Visit the American Sign Museum – Cincinnati OH
© Frank H. Jump
Visit Tod Swormstedt’s American Sign Museum online and become a member- or if you are ever in Cincinnati, OH – swing by and say hello for me! Check out their page about OJ Gude & early signage.
