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Johnstone Supply – Air Conditioning – Refrigeration – Heating Parts & Supplies – Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Apr 2nd, 2014
by Frank.
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© Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Air-Conditioning, Brooklyn, Coney Island Avenue, Heating, Midwood.

London Motors Service – Dodge – 475 Flushing Avenue – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Apr 1st, 2014
by Frank.
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© Vincenzo Aiosa

Brooklyn Eagle – Courtesy of Fulton History

Posted in: Auto Dealers, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Storefronts, Enamel Signs, Williamsburg.

Featured Fade: Gruhn Guitars – Fine Selection of Used & New Instruments – Nashville, TN – Alison Fraser

Mar 31st, 2014
by Frank.
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We Pay Top Dollar For Used Guitars, Banjoes & Mandolins – FX by FHJ with Snapseed © Alison Fraser

(Thank you David Drake)

Posted in: Featured Fade, Guitars Banjos & Mandolins, Musical Instruments, Nashville TN.

WW Grainger Billboard – Canal Street NYC – 1998

Mar 30th, 2014
by Frank.
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Fading Ads of NYC (History Press, 2011) – Special Effects by Snapseed – © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Fading Ads of NYC - the book.

Hotel Bonta-Narragansett – UWS – NYC

Mar 29th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

The Hotel Narragansett opened ca. 1902 at this location on Broadway between 93rd and 94th Streets. 1913-14 advertisements in the New York Herald referred to the Hotel as the Bonta-Narragansett (Arthur Knox Bonta, 1861?-1919, proprietor): “Handsomely Furnished Suites of One or More Rooms, with Bath.”  – Walter Grutchfield

Arthur Knox Bonta – 8 AUG 1860 – 25 DEC 1919 – Three Systems

Fall River Line Journal, Volumes 34-35 – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Google Books

Posted in: Hotels, NYC, Upper West Side NYC, Walter Grutchfield.

American Almond Products Co. –

Mar 28th, 2014
by Frank.
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Nut Processing Specialists since 1924 © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn Storefronts, Food Purveyors.

Turn Left – [We] Specialize In… – Astoria Blvd – East Elmhurst, Queens

Mar 27th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Frank H. Jump

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

Krug’s Bread – Astoria Blvd – Corona, Queens

Mar 26th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Courtesy of Fulton History

Posted in: Flour & Bread, Queens.

Flour Ad – West Philadelphia, PA

Mar 25th, 2014
by Frank.
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Best Bread © Vincenzo Aiosa

Posted in: Flour & Bread, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, West Philadelphia PA.

Laughing Cow – Appliance Store Palimpsest – Sayyida Zaynab Square, Cairo – Uptown Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

Mar 24th, 2014
by Frank.
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© Iman R. Abdulfattah

A nice palimpsest for you: La vache qui rit/Laughing Cow trademark is at the top; and an ad for a company that specializes in household appliances, where you can pay in cash or by installments, is at the bottom. – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Posted in: Appliances, Cairo Egypt, Cheese, Iman R. Abdulfattah, Uptown Correspondent.

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