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Selz Royal Blue Shoes – Whitehall, Illinois – Bob Kisken & E. Leatherberry

Apr 23rd, 2009

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Arizona Journal-Miner March 19, 1905

The Gazette Times - June 4, 1908

Selz Royal Blue, N.H. Putnam, Kentucky, Lebanon © E. Leatherberry - Flickr

Selz “Royal Blue” shoes were manufactured by a German immigrant, Rolf Selz. The company closed in the late 1940s. It is said the the Selz Company made a pair of shoes for Queen Elizabeth giving it the right to use the word “Royal” in advertisements. – Leatherberry

Selz Royal Blue Shoes, Texas, Hillsboro © E. Leatherberry - Flickr

Posted in: Bob Kisken, Illinois, Kentucky, Shoes & Boots, Texas.

Weathering the Storm (Response to NOM Gathering Storm)

Apr 23rd, 2009

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Posted in: Activism, Same-Sex Marriage.

Street Art – Brunswick Street – Jersey City, NJ

Apr 22nd, 2009

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Posted in: Graffiti, Jersey City, Murals.

Drugs, Cosmetics – Jersey City, NJ

Apr 22nd, 2009

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Posted in: Derelict Neon, Jersey City, Pharmacies.

Poultry Market – Jersey City, NJ

Apr 22nd, 2009

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Fourth Street © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Jersey City, Poultry Market.

Apartments to Let – Janitor On Premises – OR – Frank H. Tyler – Downtown Brooklyn

Apr 21st, 2009

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Tel 44 - Bedford © Frank H. Jump

This telephone exchange is before there were seven numbers. Now that this entire city block has been demolished, this is a new view of the Flatbush Extension.

Other Frank H. Tyler postings:

Forgotten-NY
NY Times mentions of Frank H. Tyler
- BROKER EXPLAINS BROOKLYN NEEDS; Real Estate in Many Sections Has Shown Constantly Advancing Values, February 11, 1912, Sunday – Section: Real Estate Financial News, Page XX1, 1213 words –
  “Brooklyn, from the Standpoint of the Investor and Operator,” was the subject of an address delivered by Frank H. Tyler, a member of the Brooklyn Real Estate Board of Brokers at the West Side Branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association Thursday evening. Mr. Tyler said, in part:

Posted in: Downtown Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue, Old Telephone Exchanges, Real Estate.