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Ancient Ad Uncovered
Bronx NY - ntatap - Saturday, July 25th, 2009 : goo
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Here is a photo I took of an old ad that was uncovered after a row of stores was torn down after a fire destroyed them. The ad is located on the side of a building on Westchester Ave and Ferris Place in the Bronx. These ad is from probably at least 80 years ago. F.M Weiss was located at 120 Westchester Sq
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CartLegger: 26th Jul 2009 - 22:08 GMT
Wow! Good eye! i always make sure I got a point and shoot so I can capture such passing moments...
EvilGentleman: 8th Aug 2009 - 16:11 GMT
Jamie, that depends on your background. I personally consider anything over 500 years (pre-European contact in these parts) to be ancient. But that is most likely due to my being Native, and thus having a much longer view of things.
Things that are 500 to about 150 years old, I consider to be "very old". From 150 years old to about 75 years old, I consider as just "old", and newer than 75 years old, I consider to be either "classic" or just "modern", depending on the style. Stone and/or art deco are classic to me, and chrome and glass are modern.
And for the record, I too, love seeing old ads like this one resurfacing to be seen once again. It's a window into a recently demised world that our parents or grandparents knew well.
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