Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Columbus Circle Pharmacy
Columbus Circle Pharmacy
1841 Broadway
New York, NY
Today there is a Starbuck's at this location. See here.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Belmont Plaza
The Belmont Plaza was located at Lexington Avenue and 49th St. It was famous for the restaurant the Glass Hat where performers such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis got their start. The hotel W New York is now located there.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
American Drugs
Below is the first of around fifty photographs of signs made by my father-in-law, Ronald Aaron, either alone or with his father. I have included whatever identifying information I could and none of them included any dates. Hopefully people who have an interest either in urban history, signs, art, cultural history, photography, or whatever other subject area they have an interest in, will enjoy these pictures.
American Drug
298 Huguenot Street
New Rochelle, NY
American Drug298 Huguenot Street
New Rochelle, NY
Monday, July 13, 2009
Introducing Aaron Signs
My late father-in-law operated a sign company for many years, Aaron Signs. For decades he, and earlier he and his father Sam Aaron, made countless signs in NYC and the metropolitan area. After my mother-in-law found a bag which contained dozens of pictures of some of the signs that they made, I decided to post them on the internet. I thought that they offered a nice snapshot of urban history. While most of them are from New York City, there are a number from Westchester County. They made many signs with the Coca-Cola name so Coca-Cola buffs may also enjoy them.
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