vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends
© Frank H. Jump
This Italian Ices vendor sells to my students on the corner where I teach in Amersfort, Flatlands. This was Edwin at the Atlantic Antic last year. I gave him a copy of this today. He gave me a large tropical fruit mixed ice in return. Priceless.
Wallace Shawn reads from Vito Russo’s Celluloid Closet
Memorial Day has always been a bittersweet holiday for me. I don’t know many veterans since many of my friends are gay or lesbian and cannot openly serve in the military. The only legitimate and significant war I have personally experienced been the War Against AIDS. From this day forward, Memorial Day will be a day I will remember those I’ve lost in this war and I invite everyone else to join me.
Sitting and trying to think of the countless people I have encountered in my life who have died from this still stigmatizing disease is a daunting task. Above are some of the names of friends and acquaintances who have touched our lives (Vincenzo and myself) in some way. [I’ve gotten up out of bed and updated the list twice already. I don’t think this is a realistic task for one day.]
This April I have been HIV+ for 24 years – half of my life. Through the years I have begun to have days when I think of the disease only perhaps once or twice a day, but not a single day goes by that I’m not reminded of my mortality at least once – probably due to my adherence to my meds. Then I remember those I’ve lost. I encourage people to share names of their loved ones who have died of AIDS- reminding America of the indignities and indifference they had experienced.
Image citings:
Silence = Death & AIDSGATE – Gran Fury
David Wojnarowicz
Vito Russo
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© Alex Richman – Sidewalk Photography
From Alex: Blog looks great. I took this picture of an old gas pump today in Red Hook on Van Brunt between Commerce and Delevan. Its not an ad but I thought it fit the theme on your site and relevant for the times. I believe this is a Wayne 866 Clock Face model. Wayne was the first maker of gas pumps, started in Ft Wayne, Indiana back in the 1880’s.
© Alex Richman – Sidewalk Photography
Photos of Thomas Witte & his work taken by Frank H. Jump @ Farm On Adderley with an iPhone.
What an incredible collection of oil on wood renderings of Coney Island Avenue, Ditmas Park and its environs. Witte captures the neighborhood and signage during our time for all time. These images will be further immortalized in the next Nicole Holofcener film with Catherine Keener.
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