4th Avenue b/w Wood & Smithfield Streets. © Dean Capone
Both buildings have been converted to residential condominiums and rentals.
American National Bank of Alamosa, CO – Shoe Repair – San Juan Valley
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
The American National Bank Building is a historic bank in Alamosa, Colorado, United States. It is located at 500 State Avenue. Built in 1909, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1999. – Wikipedia
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The American National Bank Of Alamosa in Colorado printed $792,800 dollars worth of national currency. That is a high amount, but condition and serial numbers can make otherwise common currency from this bank quite valuable. This national bank opened in 1905 and stopped printing money in 1935, which equals a 31 year printing period. That is a fairly normal lifespan for a national bank. During its life, The American National Bank Of Alamosa issued 8 different types and denominations of national currency. We have examples of the types listed below. Your bank note should look similar. Just the bank name will be different. For the record, The American National Bank Of Alamosa was located in Alamosa County. It was assigned charter number 7904. – Antique Money dot com
Guymon-Petro Mercantile Company – Boot Hill – Dodge City, KS
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
One of the largest whole grocery distributing firms in southwest Kansas, lasting through World War II, was the Guymon-Petro Mercantile Company. Started in 1902 as the Gonder-Petro Mercantile Company at 225-227 S. Main, it was incorporated as Guymon-Petro in 1907. In 1938, it purchased the Winfield Wholesale Grocery, and by 1946, the company covered five-eighths of Kansas. – Kansas Historical Society (National Register of Historic Places submission)
Stofhelberg’s Havana Seconds- Cigars – Cincinnati, OH – Today & Sixteen Years Ago
Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati – August 9, 2015 © Frank H. Jump
I returned to Cincinnati after sixteen years on our cross-country trip we took this summer. Again, I visited my friend and mentor Tod Swormstedt, founder of the American Sign Museum. In 1999, the museum was just an idea Tod had and today it is a fully realized dream. I searched for this sign, hoping it was still untouched and it was.
Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine neighbor surely has changed as it has morphed from a quasi-abandoned and under-served ghetto into a trendy, upscale dining and drinking strip surrounded by squalor. On our trip across this great nation, the stark differences between the “haves & have-nots” has never been more evident. Within several blocks of profitable tourist trade are communities, both African-American and Euro-American poor living side by side in utter poverty, many of whom have been displaced by gentrification. The tension was palpable.
Dominating this scenario are the anachronistic remnants of a former German immigrant commercial district, touting products that were luxury items in their day.
June 1999 © Frank H. Jump
June 1999 © Frank H. Jump
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From what I can read it looks like: “Stofhelberg’s Havana Seconds- Cigars” Possibly Henry Straus was the distributor. – Fading Ad Campaign, June 1999
Paramount Vodka – Over-the Rhine – Cincinnati, OH
Looks like circa late 70s © Frank H. Jump
Apparently they still distill this in stills in Cleveland. Distill my heart!
The Paramount Pledge – Need a buzz for your buck? The king of budget liquor has 150 ways to get you there By Michael Gill [http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-paramount-pledge/Content?oid=2256506] CleveScene – December 29, 2010
Rising Sun Stove Polish – Broadway – St. Louis, MO
Either- The Best in the Polish World- Or- The Best Polish in the World © Frank H. Jump
Trading Card -CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Historic New England
Trading Card – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Historic New England
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THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH PRICE 10 CENTS For beauty of polish, saving of labor, freeness from dust, Durability and cheapness, truly unrivalled in any country. Caution.—Beware of worthless imitations under other names, Put up in similar shape and color intended to deceive. Each Package of the genuine bears our Trade Mark. Take no other. MORSE BROS. Proprietors, Boston Ma. – Project Gutenberg
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