A very large painted ad on a corner factory at Henry and Middagh Streets proclaims Peaks Mason Mints, and is the former home of the Mason, Au and Magenheimer Candy Company. According to advertisement researcher Walter Grutchfield, the company was in business here between 1892 and 1949 and was founded by confectioners Joseph Mason and Ernest von Au in 1864.
In actuality the sign is a bit misleading since there was no such candy as “Peaks Mason Mints”; there were Mason Peaks and Mason Mints. Mason Peaks was a coconut-chocolate combination (like Mounds) while Mason Mints was a chocolate-covered mint patty (like today’s Peppermint Pattie). Mason also made Dots, a fruit or cinnamon-flavored gumdrop, and Crows, a licorice-flavored gumdrop. Both are still distributed by Tootsie Roll, which acquired Mason in 1972.
The way the sign is it looks like there could be more on the other side making it make sense- two signs running together wrapping around the corner of the building.
Yes there is a similar ad facing the cross street
I like the Brooklyn Daily Eagle sign on the building in the foreground. What do you think Mr Webmaster/Typesetter?
Of course it’s the new Eagle that has been printed for just a few years.