vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
SIRTOA MW © Frank H. Jump
SIRTOA MW © Frank H. Jump
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the only rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. – Wikipedia
Writing above can be seen with false color adj. and grayscale conv. – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – indecipherable – © Frank H. Jump
Posted in: SIRTOA, Trains, Transportation.
© Frank H. Jump
A landmarked family-owned Staten Island lumber company, H.S. Farrell Inc., Port Richmond, is liquidating its inventory to close for business.
“It’s been a very, very very tough decision,” said Thomas Farrell, 48, who runs the Port Richmond enterprise with his father, Robert. His uncle, Donald, who had also operated the business passed away in May 2008.
“This was a couple months in the planning but it was really a few years in the making. The last five, seven, eight years we haven’t been able to sustain a profit,” said Farrell, citing competition from Home Depot, Lowes and the economy.
The company had been in business 120 years.
The family-owned business had built a solid reputation for hard work, customer service, innovation and perseverance through tough economic times.
H.S. Farrell Lumber and Millwork began as the Alvin Conklin Planing Mill in 1888. It was a physically demanding hands-on enterprise exclusively operated by men.
The venture hit its first major milestone in 1912, when Harry Farrell, who was Conklin’s nephew, bought the mill. Two years later, the new owner changed the company name to H.S. Farrell Lumber and Millwork, but it wasn’t until shortly before Farrell’s untimely death, 24 years later, that the business expanded its scope.
Farrell’s widow, Marion, who up until then had been the mill’s bookkeeper, broke tradition and took command of the business. Her action did more than ensure the mill’s continuation; it highlighted the competency of women entrepreneurs and paved the way for her sons, Robert and Donald, to step into the venture.
— Reported by Stephannia Cleaton for Staten Island Advance on March 02, 2009
Posted in: Lumber, Port Richmond SI.
Posted in: Advertising, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Staten Island.
Posted in: Derelict Neon, Pharmacies, Staten Island.
Posted in: Banks, Port Richmond SI.
Posted in: Sears Roebuck & Co, Staten Island.
This former livery stable has since been painted bright green. © Vincenzo Aiosa
Port Richmond Avenue & Church © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Google Books
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
This stables may not be associated with the mentioned biography of W.H. Johnson, but it provides an accurate snapshot of the family livery stables business in Port Richmond in the mid-19th-century.
Posted in: Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Livery, Port Richmond SI, Stables, Staten Island.
Posted in: Fletcher's Castoria, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Staten Island.
© Frank H. Jump
Previously posted earlier this week in TriBeCa, the Seal of New York City is pictured here on our school which was built in 1901. According to Wikipedia:
The seal of the city of New York, adopted in an earlier form in 1686, bears the legend SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI which means simply “The Seal of the City of New York”: Eboracum was the Roman name for York, the titular seat of James II as Duke of York.
In both decorative wall plaques, the bald eagle is looking to the “sinister” side where a Lenape Indian stands. The seal represented in the Wikipedia article shows the eagle looking towards the “dexter” figure, a mariner colonist who holds a plummet in his right hand.
© Wikipedia Commons
Posted in: Amersfort, Amersfort School - Magnet School of Global & Ethical Studies, Brooklyn, Flatlands.
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