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West Theatre – Hausman Drug Co. – M&O Cigars – Fox Theatre – Trinidad, CO

Fox Theatre- formerly the West Theatre © Frank H. Jump

Hausman Drug Co. © Frank H. Jump

via Cinema Treasures

Originally known as West’s Theater, for its owner Ed West, a Trinidad, Colorado businessman, this theater was designed by local Trinidad architects I.H. & W.M. Rapp (brothers to C.W. and George Rapp) along with a member of the firm, A.C. Hendrickson, construction began on February 17, 1907. On March 16, 2008, it marked 100 years since it opened. Excepting for brief periods for renovation through the years, it has the distinction of being Colorado’s oldest and largest extant theatre that has never closed. – Cinema Treasures

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Gomberg Seltzer Works Inc. – Canarsie, Brooklyn

NIghtengale-9 telephone exchange © Frank H. Jump

Featured Fade – Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco – Port Townsend – Olympic Peninsula, WA – Gloria Loew

© Gloria Loew

I heard you on the Leonard Lopate show, and thought you might enjoy seeing this picture I took on vacation in June 2011 on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.  Like you, I find these ads beautiful and interesting.

Best of luck with your work.
Gloria Loew

Best of luck to you and your family Gloria in the New Year!

On Flickr:

Altered in Photoshop by Frank H. Jump © Gloria Loew

Altered in Photoshop by Frank H. Jump © Gloria Loew

Lewis’ Emporium & Hires Root Beer ad

Hires is Good - Good Taste - Altered in Photoshop by Frank H. Jump © Gloria Loew

Altered in Photoshop by Frank H. Jump © Gloria Loew

Optimus Soda Fountains – University of Washington Digital Collection – Seattle, WA

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

East side of 1st Ave. between James St. and Cherry St., Seattle, Washington, ca. 1890.  - William F. Boyd Album. PH Coll 34

East side of 1st Ave. between James St. and Cherry St., Seattle, Washington, ca. 1890. – photo by William F. Boyd Album. PH Coll 34  Courtesy UW Special Collections

Other sites of interest:

Soda & Candy – Woodhaven Blvd – Woodhaven, Queens

Soda & Candy - Woodhaven Blvd

Soda & Candy - Woodhaven Blvd

Soda & Candy - Woodhaven Blvd
© Vincenzo Aiosa