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Jensen & Lewis Co – Awnings – Printing – Seventh Avenue – Chelsea, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

PRINTING revealed with saturated hue © Frank H. Jump

Carriages, Coupes, Hansoms – Victoria’s Light Wagons – West 17th Street, NYC 1998-2005

Taken Summer 1997 for Fading Ad Campaign Exhibition @ N-Y Historical Society © Frank H. Jump

The next window to the right while standing on a Fedex truck in February 2005 © Frank H. Jump

These two Chelsea gems we’re above the former B & H when they were on West 17th Street. B&H has moved but these old dames still peer over oblivious pedestrians. These images are also featured on Walter Grutchfield’s site.

Greenwich Savings Bank – Sixth Avenue b/w 14th & 15th – Chelsea, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Got the best shoe shine ever on this corner this weekend. Took many shots of this sign but never posted it. This one is from this past weekend. For an in-depth history of the Greenwich Savings Bank, see Walter Grutchfield’s remarkable site that documents fading ads from 14th-42nd Street.

 

Jesus, Mary & Joseph! Saints & Comix – Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe – West Fourteenth Street – Chelsea, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

The Uncola Uncovered – 7-Up – Eighth Avenue – Chelsea, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

James Wells Sons Realty – Chelsea, NYC

James Wells Sons Realty - Chelsea

James Wells Sons Realty - Chelsea

James Wells Sons Realty - Chelsea
© Frank H. Jump

West Side Warehouses – West Side Hwy – Chelsea, NYC

West Side Warehouse
© Frank H. Jump

Simoniz on the West Side Highway – S&E Motor Hire Corp.

Simoniz - West Side Highway
© Frank H. Jump

Other Simoniz postings:

Sam Waterston – Ninth Avenue & West 21st – Chelsea, NYC April 1997

Sam Waterston - April 1997
© Frank H. Jump

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers – West 26th Street & Tenth Avenue

Grossetti Furniture - West 26th Street & Tenth Avenue

Grossetti Furniture - West 26th Street & Tenth Avenue
© Frank H. Jump

Established in 1898 by Alexander Grosset & George T. Dunlap.

Grosett & Dunlap Publishers - Penguin Penguin

Lucile Project: Grosset & Dunlap History