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Bannons Café, Ruppert’s Beers – Astoria, Queens
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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. - CLICK PHOTO FOR LINK TO WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON RUPPERT
I found this photo on Waymarking.com posted by HaLiJuSaPa. Below is their description:
The ad is for Ruppert Beer, a major New York area brewery during the first half of the 20th century. Founded by Jacob Ruppert, Sr and later owned by his son Col. Jacob Jr., who was also owner of the New York Yankees during their 1920’s dynasty and is the person who bought Babe Ruth in 1919 from Harry Frazee’s Boston Red Sox and began “the curse of the Bambino.” Ruppert, Jr. (seen below) was also a NY Representative to Congress and president of the Astoria Silk Works.
Other Internet sources:
Filmtreat International Corp. – Long Island City, NY
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Filmtreat International Corp. is the oldest motion picture film rejuvenation establishment in the world. The company has been in business for over 60 years. The reason for Filmtreat’s long success is an innovative rejuvenation process as developed by the company over the years, and progressive ideas that keep pace with changing technology in the industry.
Yar Mociuk, a recent Emmy Award winner honored by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Advancement, Pioneering Development of Film Scratch Removal Systems for Telecines. Mr. Mociuk is president and majority stock holder of Filmtreat International Corp. in Long Island City, N.Y. He holds a U.S. patent (No. 3,609,034) for “Method and Apparatus for Treating Motion Picture Films.”– The Ukrainian Weekly 1/17/99
