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BP Motor Spirit Ads – L’Alliance Anvers – Flanders – België – Inventory of Architectural Heritage – Featured Fades

May 1st, 2014

by Frank.

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L’Alliance Anvers – Antwerpen Alliance – BP Motor Spirit – Aalst – © Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed (Belgium)

BP Motor Spirit – Vlassenbroek – © Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed (Belgium)

This site is a realization of Heritage, an agency of the Flemish government that built heritage in Flanders identifies, investigates, protects, manages and promotes access to them.

Posted in: Antwerpen BE, Brussels BE, Gas & Oil, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms.

Adams (Gum?) – Dundas – Toronto, ON

Apr 30th, 2014

by Frank.

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The Adams Chewing Gum logo was in capital letters and this is script. Not sure if this was an ad for the gum, although there is an Adams-Canada connection:

1899 – American Chicle Company is formed by the amalgamation of the Adams & Sons Company, of Brooklyn; the Beeman Chemical Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; S. T. Britten & Co., of Toronto, Canada; W. J. White & Sons, of Cleveland, Ohio; J. P. Primley of Chicago, Illinois; and the Kisme Gum Company, of Louisville, Kentucky. The corporation is formed under the laws of New Jersey, June 3, 1899. Thecompany controls 85 percent of the chewing gum business in the United States. – Mondeléz International

Posted in: Chewing Gum, Toronto Canada.

Brighton Beach Boardwalk – Bags, Bikes, Boys, Benches & Men

Apr 29th, 2014

by Frank.

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Posted in: Beaches, Boardwalks, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

Eventually… Gold Medal Flour – Why Not Now? – St. George, SI – NYC

Apr 29th, 2014

by Frank.

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From the book Fading Ads of NYC (History Press, 2011) © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Fading Ads of NYC - the book, Flour & Bread, Staten Island.

Rae’s Corsets – Nathan Salzman Neon – 86th Street – Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Apr 28th, 2014

by Frank.

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According to the New York Neon Blog:

Nathan Salzman came to the United States from Russia just before the First World War, around the time of his 20th birthday. He identified himself as a “sign writer” in the 1920 census. By 1930 he had established his own shop.