© Ralph Hassoun
© Ralph Hassoun
© Ralph Hassoun
Boxes & Paddocks for Pensioned [Horses] – La Seyne-sur-Mer, Toulon FR – Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
La Seyne-sur-Mer, or La Seyne is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, and is situated adjacent to the west of this city. – Wikipedia
Apparently, providing boxes and paddock space for horses is still a thriving industry in France – a service that offers “spa-like” conditions for your horse.
Mullins & Sons Furniture & Carpets – Sunset Park Industrial Park
© Frank H. Jump
Another Mullins vintage mural ad was seen from the elevated line off Broadway in Williamsburg and is featured on Kevin Walsh’s Forgotten-NY website- spotted during one of the first Forgotten Walks. [http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/01/on-broadway-brooklyns-broadway-el-has-a-fascinating-collection-of-old-advertising/]
Featured Fade – Vintage Sen-Sen Ad – Milwaukee, WI – Pete Anderson
Pete Lit – “For Hoarseness.” Gorgeous, massive ad – six stories tall. 158 N. Broadway, Third Ward, Milwaukee. © Peter Anderson
“For Hoarseness.” Gorgeous, massive ad – six stories tall. 158 N. Broadway, Third Ward, Milwaukee. I actually visited, about ten years ago, the Chicago factory where Sen-Sen was last manufactured. I brought home a sample, but don’t remember trying it – the owners warned me that it had a strange taste. According to Wikipedia (which noted its “frequent use in covering up the odoriferous evidence of perceived vices such as drinking and cigarette smoking”) the product was discontinued in 2013. – Pete Lit, April 30, 2017
Vintage Ad from June 1901 – Judge Magazine – © Getty Images
Graves of Teunis Bergen & Folkert Sprung – Early Bergen Island settlers – Flatlands, Brooklyn
Gravestone of Teunis Bergen, early Flatlands settler. Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kings Highway © Frank H. Jump
“Heir legt het lichaem van Folkert Sprung overleden den 25 October 1807, in het 90 yaer siyns levens – Here lies the body of Folkert Sprung, died on 25 October 1807 in the 90th year since living.” Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kings Highway © Frank H. Jump
Historic Homesteads of Kings County – Charles A. Ditmas, 1909 © Google Books
Historic Homesteads of Kings County – Charles A. Ditmas, 1909 © Google Books
Bergen and Mill Islands
Among the numerous islands on the western side of Jamaica Bay and within the jurisdiction of Flatlands, three were inhabited or utilized by Europeans during the colonial period. One of these was Barren Island, the other two being Bergen and Mill Islands. All three of these islands at one time or another belonged to Elbert Elbertse, an early settler at Flatlands. Sixty acres of upland and ample meadows constituted the attraction of Bergen Island, and a mill site and a small parcel of arable land were the chief assets of Mill Island.
Bergen Island remained known into the eighteenth century by its Indian name of Winnipague. Europeans took title to the island in 1646, when Governor Keift granted “Meuters” or Bergen Island to John Underhill. Underhill shortly relinquished the property to others, and in 1665 Elbert Elbertse purchased the island. Probably Elbertse made actual use of the island; however, seventeenth-century records make no mention of a house or dwelling located there. In his will, made in 1686, Elbertse assigned to his son Gerrit Stoothoff “my island . . . under the jurisdiction of Amesfort.” Gerrit also was bequeathed his father’s house and lot “in the town of Amesfort.” The testator left to a son-in-law sixty acres on the mainland.
What became known as the Bergen House was erected well before 1800, the approximate year in which additions were made to the structure. By that time a complicated, drawn-out legal contest had been resolved concerning rival claims to Bergen Island advanced by two lines of Elbertse’s descendants. There is record of an ejectment suit in 1784. At least three men held meadowlands at Bergen Island in the mid-1780s, Wilhemus Stoothoof, Johannis Stoothoof, and Elias Hubbard. – JAMAICA BAY: A HISTORY – Gateway National Recreation Area New York, New Jersey
via NYC Religion (CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE)
Young’s Stetson Hats – Clearance Center – 139 Nassau Street, NYC
© Vincenzo Aiosa
This venue is closed.
Since 1959, this hole-in-the-wall hat shop has been topping the pates of the New York City man. From elderly immigrants stuck in a fashion time warp to the hip-hop entrepreneur looking for that perfect lid, Hat Corner customers are as eclectic as the offerings on display at this quintessential hat shop. Newsboys, ivy leagues, newyorkers, berets, ascots, boaters, westerns, Bogarts, Indiana Jones fedoras, ball caps and visors from a plethora of brands such as Kangol, Capas, and Selentinio sit neatly arranged in veneered, wall-to-wall cubby-holes above an ancient parquet floor. The place feels like it has been around for a hundred years, and it has, in one form or another, since a hat shop called Truly Yours occupied this space circa 1890. The sales staff reflects the polarity of its customer base and knows both its hats and its chapeau history. Bring in your old topper for expert restoration or to find a new hatband to match a suit—or a throwback jersey.
Enlarged – Lost City
Enlarged & rotated – Lost City
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I found this matchbook the other day. It was remarkable enough in that it was a matchbook for a hat store, not a bar or restaurant. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. But the address, 139 Nassau, corner of Beekman, rang a bell. Seemed to me I remembered a hat store being on that corner. – Lost City – http://lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/2012/05/truly-yours-best-hats.html
