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Cola’s American Cooking – Columbia, SC – Gaia Son

Nov 3rd, 2023
by Frank.
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© Gaia Son

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Palmetto Candy & Tobacco – Columbia, SC – Gaia Son

Nov 3rd, 2023
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© Gaia Son

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Wiley & Wright Ice Cream & Confectionery – Coca-Cola – Gay Street – Cambridge, MD

Jul 29th, 2022
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© Frank H. Jump
Skewed, Saturated & Altered Hue © Frank H. Jump
Skewed © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

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Garage Centrale, Piazza Alfieri 8 – Asti, Italia (1943)

Apr 24th, 2022
by Frank.
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Outside Torrazzo, April 20, 2022 © Frank H. Jump
screenshot from Instagram © Frank H. Jump
Italy Zone Handbook: Lazio. (1943). United Kingdom: (p.49).
location of fading ad via Google Maps

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Guest Feature: 84th Street & Stanton Street Locations – Unknown Business – East Harlem, 108th Street & Second Ave. – Joëlle Tahindro

Feb 26th, 2022
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© Joëlle Tahindro

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Sidney Poitier – Cooped Up?

Jan 8th, 2022
by Frank.
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Sidney Poitier outside the Apollo Theatre in Midtown in 1959. Credit…Sam Falk/The New York Times
© Frank H. Jump 1997-2022 (from book Fading Ads of NYC, History Press, 2011)
This contact sheet from a 1959 photo shoot by the New York Times photographer Sam Falk shows previously unpublished images of the actor. Credit…Sam Falk/The New York Times

Read the NY Times article here.

Photoshopped the COOPED UP ad from my photo.

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Coca-Cola – Petaluma, CA – Djodi Deutsch

Dec 30th, 2021
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January 2015 © Djodi Deutsch

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Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum – Polk Street – SF, CA – David Silver

Dec 27th, 2021
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© David Silver

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Sen-Sen – For Hoarseness – Milwaukee WI – Ari Rutbeck-Goldman

Oct 11th, 2021
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Ari Rutbeck-Goldman

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Seeing Ghosts – Neon Museum of Philadelphia

Jun 29th, 2021
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