Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3069 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 9:36 pm: | |
I noticed that a building on Mack near McClellan has recently been demolished, revealing an old painted advertisement for Buster Brown Bread:
The building was a barber shop going back as far as 1925, when it belonged to the Honold Brothers, both barbers. The building that was demolished was there as early as 1935, so the ad must be more than 70 years old. Mortons Buster Brown Bread Makes Each Meal A Delight There's more but I didn't have time to get a closer look to decipher the rest. To the left must be an ad for a Jeweler: ______? Jeweler Watches Diamonds Clocks Silverware _______? You can even see the remains of Buster himself:
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Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1150 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:20 pm: | |
Nice find, Mike. Thx for posting. |
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1020 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:25 pm: | |
wow. great time capsule and reference materials! i wish i knew why i am so incredibly fascinated with this sort of thing!? |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1769 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:36 pm: | |
BZ |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 294 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 1:33 am: | |
Wow. The train-time was made for slaves? Yikes. No wonder it's no longer in business. |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 611 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 8:12 am: | |
quote:The train-time was made for slaves? As in, people are slaves to the clock and the schedules of others. Sometimes I wish that I could get someone to "hold the train" or plane for me when I am running late. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 5562 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 8:16 am: | |
The Buster Brown ad above indentifies the text that it's a stereotype against Black-folks. |
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik
Post Number: 72 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:15 am: | |
"Train-Time," in my opinion, refers to Time Zones - a fairly new concept when that ad was printed. Time Zones came about because of the railroad. You can read an excellent article about time zones and the railroads influence in their creation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T ime_zone Thus, people were "slaves" to "Train-Time" - ie "The Clock." |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 172 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:37 am: | |
I knew Buster Brown made loafers, but not loafs. There's more on the Buster Brown cartoon character on Wikipedia. "The name "Buster" came either directly or indirectly from the popularity of Buster Keaton, then a child-star of vaudeville." |
Bussey Member Username: Bussey
Post Number: 487 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:43 am: | |
danny, you are awesome. |
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez
Post Number: 150 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:51 am: | |
pretty. looks like a nice neighborhood. or an early 20th century anthropological dig..... |
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude
Post Number: 95 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:08 am: | |
I've always wondered why Buster seems to dress like a girl, with the weirdly-positioned hat and the girly-hair. Still do. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3072 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
Maybe to fend off illness? That's why the English dressed their boys like girls a few centuries ago - girls typically had higher mortality rates in their early childhood. Maybe he was just "gay"? I had the impression that most of the Buster Brown ads were from the teens. The wooden sides of the building look old enough, but the brick façade looks more recent, and probably is. All I can say for sure is that the ad could have been painted before 1925, and was there before 1935. (Message edited by MikeM on February 22, 2007) |
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44
Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 2:03 pm: | |
Is the puff of smoke winking at Buster? And is that a loaf of bread off to the side or is it a casket? HMMMM |
Gargoyle Member Username: Gargoyle
Post Number: 57 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 3:44 pm: | |
Catman, I have a preschool picture of my stepdad taken circa 1923 and he's dressed in almost the exact outfit, except it was white. Had the same haircut, too. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3080 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 6:32 pm: | |
Passed by again today. The bottom line reads "General Baking Company". General Baking was located at 925 Cherry - "Bakers of Bond Bread". Still can't read the jeweler's name. |
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik
Post Number: 74 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 7:13 pm: | |
Children dressed oddly a long time ago. The photo is from about 1925 and depicts: A. 2 boys B. 2 girls C. Girl and boy D. Boy and girl The answer is C. The photo is from Brooklyn, New York. Ookpik |
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981
Post Number: 257 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 7:13 am: | |
girl left, boy right? |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3093 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 5:22 pm: | |
Noticed another one today on Harper near St. Cyril Street. The existing building has the address of 7415 Harper. Both this building and the one that was torn down appear to have been built prior to 1935, the demolished one being the Harper Beauty Shoppe in 1935. The ad must be at least 72 years old. In a 1925 directory, J. L. Kobus Fine Shoes was at 7415 Harper, but by 1935 Kobus no longer appears in the directory, meaning the ad must be more than 72 years old, and possibly more than 82 years old.
Perfect baking requires two kinds of Henkel's flour; One bag of Best bread flour, one bag of Velvet pastry flour, both supplied by the Commercial Milling Company, corner of Randolph and Atwater:
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Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1157 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 7:00 pm: | |
This site and contributors like Mikem continue to positively amaze me. |
65memories Member Username: 65memories
Post Number: 348 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 7:41 pm: | |
me too. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3097 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 8:36 pm: | |
Thanks! A couple more that probably aren't as old - When was the last time you could buy an ice cream soda for 10¢? This store on Grand River at Indiana has been a confectioner as far back as 1935:
5700 block of 12th, also established sometime prior to 1935. Still in the phone book in 1946:
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Stromberg2 Member Username: Stromberg2
Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 8:54 pm: | |
Yeah, Mikem is amazing. I wouldn't begin to know where he finds this stuff. One helluva photographer. Stromberg2 |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 58 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 11:22 pm: | |
Here are a few more shots from today, as well as a rear view. http://farm1.static.flickr.com /149/405328036_f8d839379a_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /152/405328034_a0a06fa116_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /157/405336160_953e343b4f_b.jp g |