© Frank H. Jump
“Peerless Paints & Varnishes Corp.” – Forgotten-NY
DUMBO Historic District Designation Report (PDF): New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission – December 18, 2007
DUMBO
Peerlux Paints & Varnishes – Plymouth Street – DUMBO
Main Street Warehouse – March 15, 2008 (DaVinci Drawings, 1998) DUMBO
© 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
© 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.
