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Trudge from the Williamsburg to the Manhattan Bridges in search of aged ads, and sink a cold Pepsi when you’re done. My home borough, Brooklyn, has its own set of ancient advertising none of which I had ever noticed until recent walks in the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridge areas. I found classic ads that [...]
Categorized in: Ads Tagged with: Brooklyn Pepsi-Cola
Bull Durham tobacco advertised on thousands of wall murals all over the country in the early part of the Twentieth Century by the Duke family, who contributed to Trinity College which became Duke University. The above ad is so prominent because the Long Island Rail Road operated at grade along Atlantic Avenue here until 1940, and [...]
Categorized in: Ads Tagged with: Coca-Cola Pepsi-Cola Queens
