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March, 2008:

Wide Open Target – Flatbush, Brooklyn

Open Target

Open Target

Open Target

Open Target

Open Target
© Frank H. Jump

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes – Plymouth Street – DUMBO

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes

Peerlux Paints & Varnishes
© Frank H. Jump

“Peerless Paints & Varnishes Corp.” – Forgotten-NY

DUMBO Historic District Designation Report (PDF): New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission – December 18, 2007

Old NY

Eagle Warehouse & Storage Company of Brooklyn – Old Fulton Street – Brooklyn Waterfront

Eagle Warehouse

Eagle Warehouse
© Frank H. Jump

Brooklyn Daily PhotoFlickrA Website Walking the Waterfront & Forgotten NY

Unknown Ad off BQE & Lee Avenue – 66 Clymer Street – So. Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Off BQE - 66 Clymer

Off BQE - 66 Clymer
© Frank H. Jump

Telephone exchange (EVergreen 7) 

Main Street Warehouse – March 15, 2008 (DaVinci Drawings, 1998) DUMBO

Waterfront Warehouse

Dumbo Waterfront Warehouse

Davinci Drawings 1998
Davinci Drawings 1998
© Frank H. Jump 1998 – 2008

Posted earlier last year as Under the Manhattan Bridge 1998. These are what I call Urban Ediglyphs (also see Wikipedia entry for Pentimento).

Robert Gair – Brooklynite & Inventor of the Corrugated Box – Water & Adams Street, DUMBO

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor
© Frank H. Jump

Robert Gair invented the corrugated box in 1890.

Brooklynite Robert Gair was a printer and paper bag maker in the 1870s. He invented the corrugated (reinforced) cardboard box by accident: a metal ruler normally used to crease bags shifted in position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing cardboard in one operation, he could make prefabricated cartons that were a cheaper alternative to the wood and metal boxes that merchandise had been shipped in.

Gair founded a paper empire and occupied several buildings in the area, many of which still bear his name. Information found at Wikipedia by way of Forgotten-NY.

Corrugated Boxes – Wooster Street, Soho

Corrugated Boxes - Wooster Street

Corrugated Boxes - Wooster Street
© Frank H. Jump

Waring Envelopes – Plymouth Street & Anchorage Place – DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO

Waring Envelopes - DUMBO
© Frank H. Jump

Great shot of Waring Envelopes by Brooklyn Camera Club member Robert Marvin

High Pressure Fire Service – Main Pumping Station – Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Heights Waterfront

High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping Station

High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping Station
© Frank H. Jump

NYC Department of Sanitation Encumbrance Depot – Joralemon & Furman – Brooklyn Waterfront

NYC Dept of Sanitation Encumbrance Depot

NYC Dept of Sanitation Encumbrance Depot
© Frank H. Jump

Also see Satan’s Laundromat Southeast Chinatown 1