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Campbell Soup Kid Replica – Long Branch NJ Murals – Featured Guest – Jim McGee

Campbell Soup Kid serving Art on a platter © Jim McGee

Vintage Campbell Soup Ad

 

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

GoGo Club © Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

National Tinsmith Distributors, Inc. – Canarsie, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

College Glen – Flatbush, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

At one time, the area east of Nostrand & Flatbush Junction between Avenue H & Glenwood was called College Glen and patrolled by civilians in cooperation with the N.Y.P.D. There is also a remnant of an old street sign on the right of the electric pole.

Inside a Grape Hyacinth – Muscari neglectum

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE of iPhone 6+ with plastic hand lens © Frank H. Jump

Muscari neglectum is a perennial bulbous plant, one of a number of species and genera known as Grape Hyacinth and in particular Common Grape Hyacinth. Muscari are perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia. They produce spikes of dense, commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, for example, in temperate climates as a spring bulb. – Wikipedia

Manhattan Lighting & Fixture Company – Coney Island Ave. – Sheephead Bay, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

Sunrise National Bank – Baldwin, LI

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Rocky Point Discount Tires – Firestone Tires – Rocky Point, LI

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Waste Not – Want Not – More Vintage WWI United States Food Administration Propaganda Posters

Vintage WWI poster

Vintage WWI poster

Vintage United States Food Administration Propaganda Posters – WWI

USFA Vintage Poster

USFA

Just Eat It – Food Waste Movie – Vintage Food Waste Propaganda Poster

Vintage Propaganda Poster

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food. What they find is truly shocking. – foodwastemovie dot com

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