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Rising Sun Stove Polish – Broadway – St. Louis, MO

Aug 8th, 2015
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Either- The Best in the Polish World- Or- The Best Polish in the World © Frank H. Jump

Trading Card -CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Historic New England

Trading Card – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Historic New England

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THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH PRICE 10 CENTS For beauty of polish, saving of labor, freeness from dust, Durability and cheapness, truly unrivalled in any country. Caution.—Beware of worthless imitations under other names, Put up in similar shape and color intended to deceive. Each Package of the genuine bears our Trade Mark. Take no other. MORSE BROS. Proprietors, Boston Ma. – Project Gutenberg

Wm. & Margaret Stage Launch “The Painted Ad Blog.”

Aug 29th, 2011
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BUY THE BOOK! © Wm. Stage

Wm. Stage, author of Ghost Signs: Brick Wall Signs in America [1989], has launched his blog The Painted Ad with his daughter Margaret. I met Mr. Stage in St. Louis back in 1999 while crossing the U.S. on a photo-expedition. Over the years we have maintained correspondence and he was kind enough to write an introduction to my upcoming book The Fading Ads of NYC (History Press) 2011. Check out Wm & Margaret’s blog and buy the book!