© Frank H. Jump
Kornblau-Goldblum Supply Co. Inc. – Robert’s Books • Stationery
© Frank H. Jump
Previously posted on FAB – Apr 20th, 2010 – Kornblau-Goldblum Supply Co Inc — Robert’s Books & Stationery — Verveelen Place, Bronx
Smith’s – Buster Brown Shoes – Church Avenue – East Flatbush, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
Buster Brown & his dog Tige © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcaultwho was known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company. (The name “Buster” came either directly or indirectly from the popularity of Buster Keaton, then a child actor invaudeville.)
This mischievous young boy was loosely based on a boy near Outcault’s home inFlushing, New York. His physical appearance, including the pageboy haircut, was utilized by Outcault and later adopted by Buster Brown. The actual boy’s name was Granville Hamilton Fisher, son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing. The family subsequently moved to Amityville, New York where Charles Fisher ran a real estate and insurance business on Merrick Road. Granville operated a phonograph and radio sales and repair shop across the street from his father until his sudden death in 1936.
Richard Barker played Buster Brown in the Brown Shoe Company advertising campaign as a small child. There is a book written about Richard Barker and his life as Buster Brown in the advertising campaign. The book about Richard Barker is titled “Buster Brown and the Cowboy”. – Wikipedia
Chow Mein – Royal Neon Co – Nostrand Avenue – Crown Heights, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
ROYAL NEON SIGNS
LISTED AT: 147 Harrison Ave., Brooklyn, NY
YEARS ACTIVE: c. 1945 – c. 1955
- Royal Neon Co – New York Neon – T.E. Rinaldi
Featured Fade – Fox Furniture Co. – Crawford Ranges – Newton, Massachusetts – Noah Pardo
© Noah Pardo
Fox Furniture Co. / Crawford Ranges, Newton, Massachusetts
Harrington Advertising Co
© Noah Pardo
© Noah Pardo
- Also on Dr Ken Jones Ghost Signs Project
Featured Fade – Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum – A. Citarella Meat Market – Red Bank, NJ – Iman R. Abdulfattah
© Iman R. Abdulfattah
If I am not mistaken, this ad is painted on a building on Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, NJ. The building is located right across from Red Bank’s train station. When I took the photograph, a resident approached me and said that there used to be an A. Citarella Meat Market in the building, and that old photos survive showing the ad when it was first painted. – Iman R. Abdulfattah
