Bloomfield, NJ 2010 © James Curran
BLOOMFIELD — A rare glimpse of Depression-era Bloomfield is on display just steps away from the town center, where two old-time advertisements painted on the brick side of a Washington Street building have been unveiled after being covered up since the 1930s.
Now the advertisements, and the wall they’re painted on at the corner of the corner of Washington Street and Lackawanna Place across from the train station, are slated to be razed too, as part of the town’s redevelopment plan.
The ads for Lipton’s department store and Fischer’s, a men’s clothing and hat shop, are relics of a bygone era in Bloomfield and evoke a certain nostalgia among some of the town’s older residents, said Jean Kuras, president of the Bloomfield Historical Society. – Aliza Appelbaum – The Star-Ledger
Lipton’s – A Place to Shop for Women & Children
13 Broad Street at the Centre © James Curran
Courtesy of Bloomfield History dot org
Bloomfield’s Best Hatter & Haberdasher – Fischer’s Men’s Shop at the Centre
Stetson Hats - Manhattan Shirts © James Curran
Courtesy of Bloomfield History dot org
Elsewhere on the Internet:
- John Lee’s Photostream – Flickr
- Bloomfield History dot org
- Bloomfield redevelopment reveals glimpse of Depression-era town – Sunday, November 07, 2010 – The Star-Ledger
These are amazing..do you know if they are still visible? It’s sad to know they will disappear forever.
Apparently they are gone forever.