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White People – Rogers Avenue – Flatbush, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Buy One, Get One Free © Vincenzo Aiosa

White Person up close © Frank H. Jump

White Person up close © Frank H. Jump

Only Chicken? Clams, Shrimp & Mini-Me – Red Hook, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Why would you name your restaurant “Solo Pollo” when you serve “Todas Las Otras”

Brooklyn Tile Supply Corp – Fourth Avenue – Gowanus, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

I took this shot yesterday while being filmed for a Brooklyn Blogs segment for BCAT with Lauren H. Kesner, producer.

Zig-Zag Records – Avenue U – Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

East 23rd Street © Frank H. Jump

Laundries Row – 61st Street – Boro Park, Brooklyn

Comet Laundry Inc.

 Near Ft Hamilton Pkwy © Frank H. Jump

Near Ft Hamilton Pkwy © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Daylight-Daily Laundry Inc.

On 61st near New Utrecht © Frank H. Jump

On 61st near New Utrecht © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

K&K Wet Wash Laundry

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Amex Offset Printers – 12th Avenue – Off 39th Street – Boro Park, Brooklyn

3948 12th Avenue, Boro Park - © Frank H. Jump

3948 12th Avenue, Boro Park - © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market – 39th Street Loading Dock – Boro Park, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

1965 Phyllis Twachtman Photo on Shorpy

Phyllis Twachtman 1965

Phyllis Twachtman 1965

Photograph by Walter Albertin

Photograph by Walter Albertin 1952

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Google Maps

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Also at Re-Brooklyn – August 24, 2008

Saul Rendelstein, Inc. – Boro Park, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

On another Vespa tour through Boro Park, Saul Rendelstein, Inc. (quite possibly Sigmund Rendelstein- Ancestry.com) was pointed out to me by Vincenzo. Further searching at Ancestry turned up this thread that suggests Rendelstein hailed from Kozova, Galicia – which is now Ukraine. Still no clue as to what goods this corporation produced. Any leads?

Circus Fruits – Boro Park, Brooklyn

60th Street & Ft Hamilton Pkwy - © Frank H. Jump

60th Street & Ft Hamilton Pkwy - © Frank H. Jump

Fading Ad Blog Hits Quarter Million Hits – Marc's Tire Shop – Farragut Road, Flatbush

Nostrand & Farragut - Flatbush, Brooklyn - © Frank H. Jump

Flatbush Pigeons - Nostrand & Farragut - Flatbush, Brooklyn - © Frank H. Jump

This was taken in April 2007. A Clinton-Gore sticker still clings silently to the metal gate.