
© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump
vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
Posted in: Bus Shelters, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Queens, Rockaway Park, Rockaways.

© Gaia Son

circa 1936

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

circa 1915

circa 1908

Landeweer Workplace circa 1908

Landeweer Showroom circa 1920

Article detailing automobile accident involving the owner Klaas Landweer and his companion who ran into a tree with their 16 cylinder Cadillac. “In 1932 Klaas Landeweer driving a nearly new V16 Cadillac with a speed of about 120 km / h against a tree. Klaas Landeweer and his partner, the balloonist Delia Mouton, were taking several bone fractures. The Cadillac, which had a value of 20,000 guilders, caught fire and was completely destroyed.” Conam Auto History website [http://www.conam.info/historie/auto-importeurs-in-nederland/auto-importeurs-in-nederland-beschrijvingen2/2254-klaas-landeweer-utrecht]
Posted in: Auto Importers, Gaia Son, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Lowlands Correspondent, Utrecht NL.
Posted in: Psychedelia, Wasps.
Posted in: Dreadlocks, Harlem, Malcolm X, NYC, Storefronts, Street Photography.

© Eric K. Washington
Fair and Square Ribbon painted sign
This painted advertisement endures on the back of the former Joseph Loth & Company “Fair and Square” ribbon mill, built in 1886, on Amsterdam Avenue between West 150th and 151st Streets. The ad reads, “Fair and Square — This Label Is On The Best Ribbon Made.”“In upper Manhattan, a block-long structure hulks like a stalwart old public building. But a faded ad painted in back reveals its delicate mission more than a century ago…”
Posted in: Featured Fade, Guest Contributor, Guest Feature, Harlem, Mills.
Posted in: Aix-en-Provence, Carpenters, France, Guest Contributor.

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son
La Seyne-sur-Mer, or La Seyne is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, and is situated adjacent to the west of this city. – Wikipedia
Apparently, providing boxes and paddock space for horses is still a thriving industry in France – a service that offers “spa-like” conditions for your horse.
Posted in: Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Horses, Toulon FR.

© Frank H. Jump
Another Mullins vintage mural ad was seen from the elevated line off Broadway in Williamsburg and is featured on Kevin Walsh’s Forgotten-NY website- spotted during one of the first Forgotten Walks. [http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/01/on-broadway-brooklyns-broadway-el-has-a-fascinating-collection-of-old-advertising/]
Posted in: Carpets, Furniture, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Kevin Walsh, Sunset Park.

Pete Lit – “For Hoarseness.” Gorgeous, massive ad – six stories tall. 158 N. Broadway, Third Ward, Milwaukee. © Peter Anderson
“For Hoarseness.” Gorgeous, massive ad – six stories tall. 158 N. Broadway, Third Ward, Milwaukee. I actually visited, about ten years ago, the Chicago factory where Sen-Sen was last manufactured. I brought home a sample, but don’t remember trying it – the owners warned me that it had a strange taste. According to Wikipedia (which noted its “frequent use in covering up the odoriferous evidence of perceived vices such as drinking and cigarette smoking”) the product was discontinued in 2013. – Pete Lit, April 30, 2017

Vintage Ad from June 1901 – Judge Magazine – © Getty Images
Posted in: Chewing Gum, Featured Fade, Guest Feature, Milwaukee WI.

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