{"id":13479,"date":"2013-05-28T02:35:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=13479"},"modified":"2013-05-28T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:40:08","slug":"smiths-buster-brown-shoes-church-avenue-east-flatbush-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2013\/05\/28\/smiths-buster-brown-shoes-church-avenue-east-flatbush-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith&#8217;s &#8211; Buster Brown Shoes &#8211; Church Avenue &#8211; East Flatbush, Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/brooklyn\/e-flatbush-buster-brown01.jpg?resize=580%2C670\" width=\"580\" height=\"670\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/brooklyn\/e-flatbush-buster-brown02.jpg?resize=580%2C442\" width=\"580\" height=\"442\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buster Brown &amp; his dog Tige \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/brooklyn\/e-flatbush-buster-brown03.jpg?resize=580%2C435\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><b>Buster Brown<\/b>\u00a0was a\u00a0comic strip\u00a0character created in 1902 by\u00a0Richard Felton Outcaultwho was known for his association with the\u00a0Brown Shoe Company. (The name &#8220;Buster&#8221; came either directly or indirectly from the popularity of\u00a0Buster Keaton, then a\u00a0child actor\u00a0invaudeville.)<sup id=\"cite_ref-dope_1-0\"><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This mischievous young boy was loosely based on a boy near Outcault&#8217;s home inFlushing, New York. His physical appearance, including the\u00a0pageboy\u00a0haircut, was utilized by Outcault and later adopted by Buster Brown. The actual boy&#8217;s name was Granville Hamilton Fisher, son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing. The family subsequently moved to\u00a0Amityville, New York\u00a0where Charles Fisher ran a real estate and insurance business on Merrick Road. Granville operated a phonograph and radio sales and repair shop across the street from his father until his sudden death in 1936.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Richard Barker played Buster Brown in the Brown Shoe Company advertising campaign as a small child. There is a book written about Richard Barker and his life as Buster Brown in the advertising campaign. The book about Richard Barker is titled \u201cBuster Brown and the Cowboy\u201d<\/em>. &#8211; Wikipedia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buster Brown\u00a0was a\u00a0comic strip\u00a0character created in 1902 by\u00a0Richard Felton Outcaultwho was known for his association with the\u00a0Brown Shoe Company. (The name &#8220;Buster&#8221; came either directly or indirectly from the popularity of\u00a0Buster Keaton, then a\u00a0child actor\u00a0invaudeville.) This mischievous young boy was loosely based on a boy near Outcault&#8217;s home inFlushing, New York. 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