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The Dryden East Hotel – East 39th Street – NYC

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Other postings on the Internet:

West Side Horse – West 52nd Street – NYC

© Frank H. Jump

Illfelder Importing Co. Inc. – Toys – Novelties – Manufacturers Hanover Trust – East 23rd Street – Gramercy Park, NYC

East 23rd Street - March 2005 © Frank H. Jump

 

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

© Frank H. Jump

PRINTING revealed with saturated hue © Frank H. Jump

Necchi Sewing Machine – West 25th Street & Seventh Avenue – NYC

February 2005 © Frank H. Jump

Other Necchi postings:

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.

 

Republic Air – Third Avenue & E 59th Street – NYC, 2005

© Frank H. Jump

Gotham Sign Co – Upper East Side – Manhattan, NYC

East 78th Street b/w Second & Third Avenues © Frank H. Jump

Richman’s – 300 Canal Street – NYC

© Frank H. Jump