Comments on: Sunday’s Feature Fade: Miss Heather’s Greenpoint Ads http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/sundays-feature-fade-miss-heathers-greenpoint-ads/ vintage mural ads & other signage- a cross-curricular collaboration Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Even More Greenpoint Walls - Digging Deeper Into the Digital Archives « Fading Ad Blog by Frank H. Jump http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/sundays-feature-fade-miss-heathers-greenpoint-ads/#comment-5118 Even More Greenpoint Walls - Digging Deeper Into the Digital Archives « Fading Ad Blog by Frank H. Jump Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:01:10 +0000 http://fadingad.wordpress.com/?p=1021#comment-5118 [...] Avenue in Greenpoint. Miss Heather had sent me her own snaps of these first two walls and I featured them in early March 2008. I’ve finally found the files in which they were residing.  The top ad is an ad for a [...] [...] Avenue in Greenpoint. Miss Heather had sent me her own snaps of these first two walls and I featured them in early March 2008. I’ve finally found the files in which they were residing.  The top ad is an ad for a [...]

]]> By: Don http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/sundays-feature-fade-miss-heathers-greenpoint-ads/#comment-4819 Don Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:47 +0000 http://fadingad.wordpress.com/?p=1021#comment-4819 Ms. Heather - We met on the G train where you noticed the Liberia disconnect ad to South America and I pointed out 'this is the last stop' twilight zone sign was running throughout the whole trip. This is a great photo shoot. There was one in lower Manhattan for a long time (probably ripped down by now) with a Vaudeville theater logo and a Castor oil ad. It was near Ann street, I believe. Look forward to your other Brooklyn Tirades. Ms. Heather -

We met on the G train where you noticed the Liberia disconnect ad to South America and I pointed out ‘this is the last stop’ twilight zone sign was running throughout the whole trip. This is a great photo shoot. There was one in lower Manhattan for a long time (probably ripped down by now) with a Vaudeville theater logo and a Castor oil ad. It was near Ann street, I believe. Look forward to your other Brooklyn Tirades.

]]> By: Robert Baptista http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/sundays-feature-fade-miss-heathers-greenpoint-ads/#comment-4524 Robert Baptista Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:51:53 +0000 http://fadingad.wordpress.com/?p=1021#comment-4524 I tried to decipher the words in the Syrup of Figs ad and with the help of Google Books found a vintage ad at the link http://books.google.com/books?id=zVvYP157Bi0C&pg=RA1-PT12&dq=%22syrup+of+figs%22#PRA1-PT12,M1 Syrup of Figs was a laxative made in the 1890s by the California Fig Syrup Co. The active ingredient was senna, not figs, but in those days there was no Truth in Labeling law or an FDA. The words at the top of the ad look like "Kind to System". Below "Syrup of Figs" it says "Genuine" and "Manufactured By". The last line is probably "California Fig Syrup Co." I tried to decipher the words in the Syrup of Figs ad and with the help of Google
Books found a vintage ad at the link http://books.google.com/books?id=zVvYP157Bi0C&pg=RA1-PT12&dq=%22syrup+of+figs%22#PRA1-PT12,M1

Syrup of Figs was a laxative made in the 1890s by the California Fig Syrup Co. The active ingredient was senna, not figs, but in those days there was no Truth in Labeling law or an FDA.

The words at the top of the ad look like “Kind to System”. Below “Syrup of Figs” it says “Genuine” and “Manufactured By”. The last line is probably “California Fig Syrup Co.”

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