Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms

Featured Fade – Sterling Looseleaf & Blank Books – F.L. Russell Corp – Saugerties, NY – Wendy Diaz McCarthy

Jun 11th, 2014

F.L. Russell building on Russell St. and Partition St. © Wendy Diaz McCarthy

On Friday, April 07, 1950, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for STERLING by F. L. Russell Corporation, SAUGERTIES. The USPTO has given the STERLING trademark serial number of 71595418. The current federal status of this trademark filing is EXPIRED since 1992. – Trademarkia

The description provided to the USPTO for STERLING is TABLETS, BLANK BOOKS, MEMORANDUM BOOKS, NOTE BOOKS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, AND LOOSE LEAF BOOKS. CLICK FOR LINK

Cascade Laundry Garage – Willoughby Avenue – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Jun 4th, 2014

by Frank.

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Gatske de Wit – de Jong – Flower & Plant Retailer

Jun 2nd, 2014

by Frank.

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My great-grandmother’s flower & plant retailing license issued in 1939 © Frank H. Jump

Valid until 1956 © Frank H. Jump

Taken after WWII in front of my great grandmother’s home and flower & plant store – © Frank H. Jump

Flowers & Plants © Frank H. Jump

Born February 21, 1882 in Leeuwarden, Friesland – Died of TB in Amsterdam in the Winter of 1960 – Bronnen Uit Amsterdam – CLICK HERE FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE & PHOTO LINK

Libbys Foods – Various Print & Outdoor Ads

May 29th, 2014

by Frank.

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Libbys Melrose Pate – Cosmopolitan Magazine – May 1904

The company was founded as Libby, McNeill & Libby in Chicago, Illinois, by Archibald McNeill and the brothers Arthur and Charles Libby. The business began with a canned meat product, beef in brine, or corned beef. It became well-known when it began to package the meat in a trapezoid-shaped can starting in 1875. – Wikipedia

Libby’s Melrose Paté – Ebay

Duke University Digital Libraries

Non-fatting Libby’s – Quenches between meal hunger – Duke University – Street Scene cropped

Sunset Magazine – April 1904 – Vol. XII

Duke University Digital Libraries

Duke University Digital Libraries

Duke University Digital Libraries

How to Make Good Things to Eat- Gesine (Knubel) Lemcke – Libby, McNeill & Libby – CLICK FOR LINK

Mmm mmm good! Oops! Wrong slogan – Libby’s Magazine – How to Make Good Things to Eat

Duke Digital Libraries – Libby’s Search Results

Blue Label Ketchup Vintage Ad – Sunset Magazine – Duke University Digital Archives – OJ Gude Advertising NY

May 28th, 2014

by Frank.

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Sunset Magazine – April 1904 – Vol. XII Page 103

Duke University – CLICK FOR LINK

Blue Label Tomato Ketchup – Duke University Libraries Catalog

Duke University Digital Libraries Catalog – circa 1898 – CLICK FOR LINK

CROPPED – Blue Label Ketchup – Times Square, NYC – Duke University

Sonn Bros. Co Whiskies – Washington & Desbrosses – TriBeCa, NYC

May 15th, 2014

by Frank.

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Previous posting on FAB – Sonn Bros. Company Whiskies – Tribeca, NYC

Jan 11th, 2012

Spring 2014 Fading Ads of TriBeCa Walking Tour!

May 12th, 2014

by Frank.

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What a great day for a fading ads walking tour! Thanks Liz and the DC UrbanExplorers gang! Please share your images! And thanks to Secretary of State John Kerry and the Secret Service for the surprise appearance!

La Grande Soufflé ? La Petite Soufflé ? – Seattle, WA

May 9th, 2014

by Frank.

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34th Street, 4th Street & Stanton Street – For Spaces 717 East 8th Street – Second Avenue – East Harlem, NYC

May 8th, 2014

by Frank.

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The address 717 E 8th Street no longer exists. Damon Campagna said back in December 3, 2012 in a comment on Ephemeral NY’s posting of this fading ad that “Stanton is part of what used to be called the monument district; it’s possible this is an ad for a headstone company.”