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RVG Discount Auto Parts (former location) – Bedford Avenue, Flatbush 2010

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Campbell Soup Kid Replica – Long Branch NJ Murals – Featured Guest – Jim McGee

Campbell Soup Kid serving Art on a platter © Jim McGee

Vintage Campbell Soup Ad

 

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

GoGo Club © Jim McGee

© Jim McGee

National Tinsmith Distributors, Inc. – Canarsie, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

College Glen – Flatbush, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

At one time, the area east of Nostrand & Flatbush Junction between Avenue H & Glenwood was called College Glen and patrolled by civilians in cooperation with the N.Y.P.D. There is also a remnant of an old street sign on the right of the electric pole.

Inside a Grape Hyacinth – Muscari neglectum

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE of iPhone 6+ with plastic hand lens © Frank H. Jump

Muscari neglectum is a perennial bulbous plant, one of a number of species and genera known as Grape Hyacinth and in particular Common Grape Hyacinth. Muscari are perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia. They produce spikes of dense, commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, for example, in temperate climates as a spring bulb. – Wikipedia

Manhattan Lighting & Fixture Company – Coney Island Ave. – Sheephead Bay, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

Sunrise National Bank – Baldwin, LI

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Rocky Point Discount Tires – Firestone Tires – Rocky Point, LI

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Waste Not – Want Not – More Vintage WWI United States Food Administration Propaganda Posters

Vintage WWI poster

Vintage WWI poster

Vintage United States Food Administration Propaganda Posters – WWI

USFA Vintage Poster

USFA