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Mail Pouch Tobacco – Ft. Edward, NY – David Silver

143 Broadway, Ft. Edward, NY – © David Silver

Office – Gallatin Cleaners Laundry – Bozeman, MT – Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

© Jaqui O’Shaughnessy
© Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

[Fix] Bent Axles & Frames – Center City, Philadelphia PA – Featured Fade – Valerie Lyn Brooks

© Valerie Lyn Brooks
© Valerie Lyn Brooks

Hotel Victor – Bar & Grill – Hoboken, NJ – Jordan Jacobs

Hotel Victor Bar & Grill on 77 Hudson in Hoboken closed its doors in August 2018 and is now the Pig & Parrot. © Jordan Jacobs

Lockwood Bros. Co. – Furniture & Carpets – Paterson, NJ – Featured Fade – Jordan Jacobs, Guest Contributor

M. Pecharsky – Tuxedo & Dress – Featured Fade – Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Miss Heather – Guest Contributor

© Miss Heather (newyorkshitty)
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Pardo’s Capture Schenectady Fades

Barney’s Department Store & Mahoney’s Hardware

Barney’s Department Store & Mahoney’s Hardware © Noah Pardo
Barney’s © Noah Pardo
In 1973, H.S. Barney’s venerable establishment was also lurching to its death. The last of the great Schenectady department stores still west of the canal (Erie Boulevard), it still retained an air of down-at-the-heels class from its days serving the carriage trade, but single-store department stores were on their way out, and downtown department stores were even more on their way out. This ad would be Barney’s final spring E.O.M. clearance. – Carl Johnson for Hoxsie

Uneeda Biscuit

Uneeda Biscuit © Estelle Saltiel-Pardo

Patton & Hall Shoes & Hosiery

Patton & Hall Shoes and Hosiery © Noah Pardo
Patton & Hall Shoes & Hosiery © Noah Pardo

Scheuer Wise & Company – Wholesale Dry Goods & Notions – Wrigley’s Spearmint Pepsin Gum – Montgomery AL – Adam Belfer

© Adam Belfer

Featured Fade – The Hub – Howard’s Everything for Men – Walk Over Shoes – Stetson Hats – Bozeman, MT – Amy Beckerman Zarndt

© Amy Beckerman Zarndt

Hoboken Ghosts & Obsolescence – Featured Contributors – O’Shaughnessy & Behar

Hoboken Terminal – Telephones

Hoboken Terminal © Lonny Behar

“Doc” Izzo – Paramount Radio & Music Co. – Since 1922 – Zenith

© Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

“Free Local Delivery” close-up © Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

“Ask ‘Doc,’ He knows!” close-up © Jaqui O’Shaughnessy

Grumbacher Art Materials – Commercial Stationery – Engineering…

… & Drafting Supplies – Greeting Cards, School Supplies, Rubber Stamps © Jaqui O’Shaughnessy