
© Frank H. Jump
vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
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Main Street - West Orange, NJ - July 2010 © Vincenzo Aiosa
On Monday, August 02, 1976, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for VITA-VAR. This trademark is owned by ELT, Inc., BALTIMORE , 21230 . The USPTO has given the VITA-VAR trademark serial number of 73095244. The current federal status of this trademark filing is EXPIRED on 12/9/1997 – Trademarkia

Artist: John Baeder - Title: Vita Var Paints, Delaware, N.J. Work Date: 1980 Medium: watercolor on paper - Image courtest of the artist © John Baeder 1986
John Baeder is one of the best known of the Photorealists. His popular paintings and prints of roadside diners so capture the pulse of America that his images have entered the secondary market as reproductions on posters, calendars, and postcards (here the energy comes full circle, as old postcards were an important source of inspiration for the paintings). – Virginia Bonito
SIGN LANGUAGE, Street Signs as Folk Art”, Abrams, 1996 – John Baeder – Amazon Books

© Kevin Millar
Dan Rudge built the first Rudge High bicycles in 1870. In 1894 it merged with the Whitworth Cycle Co to form Rudge-Whitworth. – Classic Rendezvous

Classic Rendezvous

Agents for Pease Economy Furnaces © Kevin Millar

Ebay item - Kayabooks
By 1884, J. F. Pease Furnace Company, manufacturers of the “celebrated Economy Furnace,” were located at the junction of Willow Street and the Oswego Canal. They specialized in “Economy steam and Hot Air Combination Furnace and Economy Hot Air Furnace.” D. M. Kennedy was president of the firm, J. F. Pease was vice-president and E. Kirby West was secretary and treasurer. – Industry in Syracuse – Wikipedia