Paints
R. B. Wing & Son – Paint, Varnish, Glass – Hardware – Albany, NY – Featured Fade – Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman
S.G. Wall – Druggists – Sundries… Main Avenue – Durango, CO
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Liquors, Cigars, Prescriptions Chemically Compounded © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
The Newman Block, of course. At 801 Main Ave., it was built in 1892 by Charles Newman, who made his fortune first through pharmacies he owned with his brothers-in-law in Silverton, Alamosa, Animas City and Chama, New Mexico, and later by locating the Swansea Mine in Rico. His drugstore in Durango went on to become S.G. Wall Druggist, the current site of Olde Tymer’s Café. Newman also represented our region in the Colorado Senate. – Durango Herald – Ann Butler, June 17, 2014
Doro’s Annex Unveiled – Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnish & Paints! – Michael Glicksman, Featured Fade
© Michael Glicksman
Back in December of 2013, Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York did a posting on the “upscale florist shop” Doro’s Annex, which after 33 years in business finally shut its doors on 9th Avenue and West 21st Street. Yesterday, an Instagram buddy of mine, Michael Glicksman posted the image above and at my request sent me the image below to be featured on FAB.
Now, if I were opening the Swedish café Michael believes will be at this location, I would have solved my sign problem immediately and would repurpose this old relic. In places like the Netherlands, it would be the law. Patrimony is a strong national and municipal heritage & preservation movement all across the Netherlands. My great grandmother’s Florist sign apparently will be added to the building she lived and worked from for over fifty years during and after the German occupation. Ironically, a wonderful German woman by the name of Monika Thé occupied this space for the next fifty years after my great grandmother, Gatske de Jong died of tuberculosis and was kind enough to let my mother and myself in three years ago on Easter Sunday where she entertained us all afternoon with delicious tea and cookies.
© Michael Glicksman
Bass-Hueter Paint Co. – Seattle, WA – Oscar Maurer, Pictorialist photographer
© Frank H. Jump
“Make that ‘ugly duckling bathroom’ the pride of your LITTLE GAY HOME IN THE WEST” – Sunset Magazine 1932 – CLICK FOR PDF – Ebay
Oscar Maurer (1870–1965) was a nationally recognized Pictorialist photographer based in California. His photographs appeared in Camera Work, Camera Craft, The Camera, and other photography journals. His studio in Berkeley, designed by Bernard Maybeck and built in 1907, is an architectural landmark.
Oscar Maurer was born in New York City and moved with his family to San Francisco in 1886. His uncle, the lithographer Louis Maurer, encouraged him to take up photography as an important new artistic medium. The teenaged Oscar got a box camera, set up a darkroom in the basement, and was soon selling a line of San Francisco scenes to local art stores. He studied chemistry and physics at the University of California but didn’t pursue a scientific career. Between 1891 and 1898, he worked as a salesman for Bass-Hueter Paint Company. By 1897 he had become a member of the California Camera Club. – Wikipedia
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- Berkeley Heritage dot com – Berkeley Landmarks: Oscar Maurer
- Sunset Magazine ad – Ebay
G. Carwich Hardware – Wallpaper & Paints – Pawn Shop – Richmond, VA
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- Store – Permit Number: 27834, Hardware Store & Show Room for Carwich Hardware Co. 1711 E. Main St., Address: 1713-15 E. Main, 1946 – Control Number : 2553 – A Guide to the Richmond (Va.), Bureau of Permits and Inspections, Building permit architectural blueprints and specifications, 1907-1949 – Accession Number 30150, 30745, 38536 – A Collection in the Library of Virginia
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Benjamin Moore Paints – The Silver State Laundry Co – Walnut & Broadway – Denver, CO
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Founded in 1883, Benjamin Moore is based in Montvale, New Jersey. The Moore Brothers founded the company in Brooklyn, New York, with one product, “Moore’s Prepared Calsom Finish”, and only sold their paints through independent retailers. – Wikipedia
- Silver State Laundry Co – Denver Public Library Digital Archives
