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Fading Ads of TriBeCa Tour – OHNY – A Big Wet Success

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

Beautiful & dubious – From Fading Ads of NYC © Frank H. Jump

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

Hey- There want a table for 150! © Vincenzo Aiosa

Groceries, Liquor, Segars © Vincenzo Aiosa

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

© Frank H. Jump

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

Instagram © Frank H. Jump

From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa

Staple Street © Frank H. Jump

Staple Street © Frank H. Jump

New York Hospital – Staple Street – From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Frank H. Jump

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Ghost Sign Stories: Photographer Frank Jump Is Haunted By New York’s ‘Fading Ads’ By Kim Velsey – New York Observer

The Omega Oil sign, on Frederick Douglas and 145th, that started it all. (Courtesy Frank Jump)

For more than 20 years photographer Frank Jump has been documenting New York’s fading ads. Slowly vanishing signs of yesteryear, the building ads are ephemera that has stubbornly persisted in our constantly changing urban landscape, in defiance of development, decay and all the other challenges conspiring against them. The most common term for such remnants is ghost signs, but Mr. Jump prefers fading ads. “I never felt comfortable with the word ghost,” he says. “I don’t really believe in ghosts.”

While some may see such remnants of the past as manifestations of loss, Mr. Jump sees them metaphors for survival. “Like myself, many of these ads have long outlived their expected lifespan,” he explained in a recent interview. In 1986, at the age of 26, Mr. Jump was diagnosed with HIV and told that he had a few good years left. Despite the discouraging prognosis, a decade later he was finishing his long-postponed college degree when he saw a massive, faded sign for Omega Oil at 145th Street and Frederick Douglas Boulevard. – CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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Albright Son & Company – Allentown, PA

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Louis R. ALBRIGHT Sr. (son of George O. ALBRIGHT and Sallie BROBST) was born on August 6, 1876 in Allentown, PA. He was educated in 1895 in Mercersburg Academy. He was educated and was a member of the Cannon Club in 1899 in Princeton University. He died after being in ill health for 2 years and a hospital patient foir 2 weeks on November 8, 1949 in Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA. He lived 24 South 18th Street, Allentown, PA. He was a partner in pipe fabricator firm in Albright Son and Co., 123 North Front Street, Allentown, PA. The business had been in the family and handed down from father to son since the time his grandfather founded the firm in 1865. He was in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Membership] He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA. M. Cena BITTNER and Louis R. ALBRIGHT Sr. had the following children: Dorothy L ALBRIGHT &

Louis R ALBRIGHT Jr. was born on April 12, 1910 in Allentown, PA. He was educated in 1927 in Mercersburg Academy. former co-chairman of the academy’s fund drive He was educated in 1931 in Princeton University. He retired in 1977. He died on January 22, 1989 in Lehigh Valley Hospital Center. He lived in 2629 Greenleaf Street, Allentown, PA. He was an owner and operator of pipe fabrication company (formerly Albright Son & Co.) in Albright Metals, Allentown, PA. The company was founded by his great-great grandfather in 1865. He was Lutheran in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA. Served as financial secretary; former usher for 53 years; member of vestry and vestry treasurer. He was educated in Allentown Preparatory School. Served as former president of school’s alumni [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Membership] president of the Purchasing Agents Association of Lehigh Valley in 1952; former secretary and chairman of the Allentown Water Authority; former board member of the Maskenozha Rod and Gun Club in Pike County. He was an avid fisherman and conservationist and participated in the stocking of the trout for many years.

During World War II, he was a member of the Tire Rationing Board He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA. Rev Bittner Book: Bittner 999

Louis R ALBRIGHT Jr. and Miriam L. DORNEY were married. Married 53 years in September, 1988 Miriam L. DORNEY (daughter of Ray DORNEY and Mary SCHLOUGH) was born in Allentown, PA. She died 30 May 2008 at age 96 in Inpatient Hospice Unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA. She lived in Luther Crest Retirement Village, South Whitehall Township. She. She was from the family who founded Dorney Park She was educated in Allentown High School. She was educated in Julliard School of Music, New York, NY. She was in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Hobbies] She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA. Louis R ALBRIGHT Jr. and Miriam L. DORNEY had the following children: Louis R. ALBRIGHT III & Dorothy ALBRIGHT. – Genealogy Rootsweb Ancestry dot com

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Item name: Prentiss Vise Co. invoice, 1903
Summary: Invoice for vise. Sold to Albright Son & Co. of Allentown, Pa.
Description: Vise manufacturers.

  • Prentiss Vise Co. history (in Prentice Places)

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LANDMARK WEST – Fading Ads Slideshow & Lecture October 3rd @ 6PM – New York Society for Ethical Culture

Omega Oil
Fading Ads of New York City
An Illustrated Lecture and Book Signing
With Author Frank Jump
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 at 6:00PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street
Fading Ads of New York City by Frank Jump. November 2011, History Press.

“[Fading Ads of New York City] showcases Mr. Jump’s loving record of hand-painted ‘ghost signs’ that lasted long enough to go from eyesore to historical asset.”

-David Dunlap, New York Times, 12/1/2011

New York City is eternally evolving. From its iconic skyline to its side alleys, the new is perpetually being built on the debris of the past. But a movement to preserve the city’s vanishing landscapes has emerged. For nearly twenty years, Frank Jump has been documenting the fading ads that are visible, but less often seen, all over New York. Disappearing from the sides of buildings or hidden by new construction, these signs are remnants of lost eras of New York’s life.

They weave together the city’s unique history, culture, environment, and society and tell the stories of the businesses, places, and people whose lives transpired among them–the story of New York itself. This photo-documentary is also a study of time and space, of mortality and living, as Jump’s campaign to capture the ads mirrors his own struggle with HIV. Experience the ads–shot with vintage Kodachrome film–and the meaning they carry through acclaimed photographer and urban documentarian Frank Jump’s lens.   

Reservations Required! 

$15 for “Steward” members, $20 for non-members

2-for-1 Admission for “Partners” and above members

Header image was taken by Steve Freeman and was featured in LW’s Spring 1994 newsletter. It shows a revealed 1920s painted billboard on West 66th Street between Broadway and Columbus.

Fading Ads Slide Lecture October 3rd.

Tenth Annual openhousenewyork® Weekend — October 6 & 7, 2012 – Walking Tours @ 11AM in Chelsea & Tribeca

Fading Ads of New York City


Meeting on the SE corner of Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) & West 22nd Street
For the Fading Ads of Chelsea Walking Tour on October 6th @ 11AM
Where Frank Jump will also be selling autographed copies
of his book Fading Ads of New York City (History Press)

Meeting on the NW corner of Chamber & Hudson Streets (Bogardus Plaza)
For the Fading Ads of TriBeCa Walking Tour on October 7th @ 11AM

 Photo credit Frank Jump

For over 20 years, author and photographer Frank Jump has been documenting fading advertisements of New York City. Visible, but less often seen, these ads cling to brick facades like forgotten relics of a bygone era. For Jump, fading ads are metaphors for survival and outliving expected lifetimes, a topic that is very personal to him. Don’t miss this chance to reposition your perspective to these ads hidden-in-plain-sight!

Listen to a podcast of Jump’s conversation with Leonard Lopate from WNYC.

All of these tours will be featured as part of the 2012 OHNY Weekend, October 6 & 7, 2012. All listing details for the Weekend will go live on our website in late September. Please check back then for specific dates, times and information about advance reservations, if required.

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Pacific Express Stables – Francis J. Fisher Building – National Register of Historic Places – Denver, CO

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

National Registry of Historic Places:

Courtesy of History Colorado http://www.historycolorado.org/ CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE

Taken 1983 – Denver CO – History Colorado

Taken 1983 – Denver CO – History Colorado – CLICK FOR FULL PDF

PACIFIC EXPRESS STABLE/
FRANCIS J. FISHER BUILDING

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – PDF @ historycolorado.org link

The two-story red brick commercial style building was constructed in 1888 and used as a stable for the Pacific Express Company until circa 1910. The company delivered railroad freight and housed the company’s wagons on the first floor, with the horses at basement level and their hay and grain stored on the second. In 1913, Francis J. Fisher bought the building and remodeled it into a warehouse for his specialty building supply business. – Creating Your Community – Denver Public Library

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