I thought this would get me into the clubs in 1974 when I was fourteen. I had bought it on 42nd Street and thought I was so slick. Recently my Dad gave this back to me since confiscating it 33 years ago. Thanks Dad.
August, 2007:
Chamber Street Mannikins
© Frank H. Jump
Thank you Lonely Pictures and Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches (Chris Adams) for reminding me of these images.
mannikin – Etymology: Dutch mannekijn little man, from Middle Dutch, diminutive of man; akin to Old English man
1 : MANNEQUIN
Boston Wig Mannikins
Switzer Site!
Found this great site with Switzer Licorice ads on demolished buildings! Click on image above.
School in Passaic – Pentimento
© Frank H. Jump
Unknown school in Passaic. Looks like two different names atop each other. A pentimento!
Kentile Floor Company – Second Ave. & Ninth Street, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
Check out Kevin Walsh’s Forgotten-NY page on Kentile Floors, and my Eagle Clothes & Bruno Truck Sales.