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Gaia Son in the Ghardaïa Province- Algeria, March 2007

Sep 11th, 2014
by Frank.
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El Goléa –  oasis town and commune – capital of El Ménia District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. © Gaia Son

This summer I spent a week with my friends Gaia Son (FAB’s Lowlands Correspondent) and her husband Bob Kovel (artiste extraordinaire) in Amersfoort, NL. One night Gaia showed me some of her photographs and I insisted on her curating some virtual exhibitions for the Fading Ad Blog. This first slideshow is of Son’s trip through the Ghardaïa Province in Algeria- located in The M’Zab Valley (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) in the Sahara Desert and ending in Outoul in the south of Algeria.

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Gaia Son with her Touareg Berber guides – photo by Louis Cador

Posted in: Algeria, Gaia Son, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Lowlands Correspondent.

Netherland Shipbuilding Company – Nederlandsche Scheepbouw Maatschappij – North Amsterdam, NL – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

Sep 9th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

Commemorative book – August 1894 – August 1934 http://www.ndsm-werfmuseum.nl/

© Gaia Son

http://www.ndsm-werfmuseum.nl/diverse-uitgaven

Posted in: Amsterdam, Gaia Son, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Lowlands Correspondent, Netherlands, Ship Builders.

Very Hungry Caterpillars – Poconos PA

Sep 8th, 2014
by Frank.
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iPhone shot with plastic hand lens © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Insects, NEPA.

Featured Fade: Chew Virgin Leaf Tobacco Ad – Blood Tonic Pentimento – Fulton Street – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn – Vlad Iorsh

Sep 7th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Vlad Iorsh

Virgin Leaf tobacco was a trademarked chewing tobacco marketed by McAlpin & Co. Since I have never seen their past ads as claiming to be “for the blood,” I am assuming this is a pentimento – two or more ads superimposed upon one another – of the Virgin Leaf ad with a blood tonic. Would love to climb that fence and get a straight on shot of this right after it rains.

Posted in: Bed-Stuy, Featured Fade, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Tobaccoania.

Hercules Seating Company – 25 Park Place – Downtown, NYC

Sep 6th, 2014
by Frank.
1 comment

iPhone Instagram – © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms.

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Revisited – Chelsea, NYC

Sep 5th, 2014
by Frank.
1 comment

iPhone shots on Instagram © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Chelsea, Instagram, iPhone Shots, NYC, Publishers, Watertanks.

St. Nicholas Gas Station – 77 WABC Radio Station Revisited – Harlem

Sep 4th, 2014
by Frank.
1 comment

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Gas Stations, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Harlem, Radio Stations.

September Heat Stirs – End of Summer Flutterby – Before Taking Flight #haiku

Sep 3rd, 2014
by Frank.
1 comment

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Haiku, iPhone Shots.

American Specialty & Import Co – General Electric Refrigerators Revisited – Savannah Waterfront, GA – Featured Fade, Mike Harris

Aug 31st, 2014
by Frank.
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© Mike Harris

Posted in: Featured Fade, General Electric, Import & Export, Refrigerators, Savannah GA.

Jack Sobel Co. Loan Office – West 145th Street – Harlem, NYC

Aug 30th, 2014
by Frank.
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Composite shot © Frank H. Jump

The Florida Boys 18th Annual Miami Florida Ball © Frank H. Jump

Aldo Williams and his Orchestra © Frank H. Jump

AJASS Repertory Theatre Company © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Thanks for the heads up Lisa Colangelo and for forwarding me the Gothamist piece from yesterday that delves into the mystery that was behind wood panelling since 1965,  until a few weeks ago. Evidence from this mid-sixties ephemera tells an interesting tale. Check out the Gothamist piece!

Posted in: Ephemera, Harlem, Pawnbrokers.

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