Feigenspan Beer Newark "PON"

Who knows the meaning of "PON"? This was part of Christian Feigenspan's Newark Brewery's motto. This wonderful sign was just recently acquired by the Evermore Gallery at an antique shop in Lafayette, NJ. This sign most likely dates from the 1930's but with the deco look, it could be a little older. The gold leaf on glass is near perfect save for a little scratch in the blue. Measures about 14" x 14", maybe a little larger. Something must have been special about this very rare antique, it survived 80 years!

Evermore's owners have a personal regard for Feigenspan Brewing Co. because a great uncle, Maurice Debold was responsible for painting the delivery trucks.

We only wish that we could have tasted this "Pride Of Newark" or "PON."

Top Quality New York to Paris 1908 Race Movie on DVD

Above is a picture of Monty at the wheel (he had a bum tooth).

We just watched the new movie about the New York to Paris race which featured family relative Montague Henry Roberts, first driver from Times Square, of the Thomas Flyer American entry, when it left Times Square on February 12, 1908. (FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MONTY, SEE OUR BLOG OF November 11, 2006) There's also referrals to some other, not-so-common sources.

Of course one can always visit our Evermore Gallery of American Art's "NY-Paris" gallery for a wealth of other pictures.

This version (from which we zapped the picture above) is highly recommended (with the family connection, we're biased-but is really is a first-rate production) and to view the trailer or purchase a copy, as we did, you can visit the producer's website. Their name is FRAME 30 Productions and they're out of Canada. Fine production company that took the time to get it right.

Want to read one of the best books on the subject? Try The Race of the Century by Julie Fenster. Of all the books on the subject, this seems to us to be the most researched and beautifully written. She describes in great detail the hardships that driver Monty, mechanic and eventual finishing driver George (Shuster) and the rest of the Thomas Flyer team had to endure.

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Colgate Building and Clock: Jersey City, New Jersey

If you click on the picture, you'll see a man standing near the clock!

The Evermore Gallery of American Art has many historic and original photographs at it's hosting site (from Google) or you can browse the web page.


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Buffalo Airport - Passingers on Tarmac

Seeing your loved one off at the Buffalo Airport in the 1940's could be a windy experience-but at least an experience. Imagine in today's "climate", you usually cannot go to even the gate without a ticket.

Art Deco Electrolux Vacuum 1937

The Evermore Gallery has come upon an example of an Art Deco Vacuum cleaner made by Electrolux in 1937. Of course it still works fine, great power. It's not for the power however that it made it to the Evermore, it's the design. This was designed by famous industrial designer Lurelle Guild.

Go to the Evermore Gallery Americana section for more and a close-up of this item.

Empire State Building Image

Here's a silver gelatin image just in to the Evermore Gallery of American Art's Image Collection. It's from 1940. Professionally produced it's size is the classic 8" x 10"

The men are using warm water to remove ice on the building from the 86th floor (Observation Deck). Even the ladder says "86th Floor Porter"

I would have to assume that all floors were provided a ladder. Go to the Evermore Image Collection for more original photographs.

Picture Frame from The Gilded Age

The Evermore Gallery of American Art's antique scouts have come up with a major league player of the first order. This "gilded age", 50 lb+ frame, is dripping with gold-leaf.

Spare no expense back in the 1880-1890 period if you were from a prominent, wealthy family.

Gold-leaf, especially the old can be very difficult to move--as it will flake off.

Hopefully it will stay at the Evermore, at it's current wall location for years (the photo above was taken in front of a fireplace before hanging).

The man shown was the scion of a wealthy family from Bordentown, New Jersey.

R. Harold Sigler Photo of "Old Faithful" Geyser

The Evermore Image Gallery has just obtained an image taken by famous photographer R. Harold Sigler. This is of the geyser "Old Faithful" at Yellowstone National Park.



You can also see more of Mr. Sigler's work at the Idaho State Historical Society.

Your Bus is Here! Chicago & Northwestern Stages

The Evermore Image Gallery and The Evermore Main Gallery both have transportation images and pictures. Boat, Car, Bus, Train, Airplane, you name it and you'll find it at the Evermore. The Evermore Gallery of Amercian Art is a part of the commercial debt collection agency BCA Financial Services of Bloomfield, New Jersey - Since 1968.



Oh, you want busses? Click on the picture. Google's Picasa, the host site for the Evermore, has a little magnifying glass to get real close up and personal.

Big Steel was "King" in Pennsylvania

"The Steel", as it was called seemed to employ everyone in the "Mon" (Monongahela Valley) as well as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Evermore gallery of American Art has recently set up a separate Steel Image Gallery and will be adding to it periodically as they discover original images from what we're starting to consider the golden era, 1950-1980.

Here is an original photograph from the engineering department showing a Basic Oxygen Furnace being constructed at Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, PA in 1968.



Go to the Steel Image Gallery and see a "Sintering Plant"

"Bewitching" by Billy De Vorss Movie Print

Notice the color of this Hollywood Advertising print (probably from the late 1920's). They spared no expense in color processing or artistry when promoting a movie.

The Evermore Gallery's Image Collection has obtained this print in a very pleasant antique mall in Dover, New Jersey.

The picture's name was "Bewitching".

Go to "The Main Gallery" anytime. Most images not framed are photos but the staff is about to upload more color prints soon.

The Main Gallery has hundreds of framed color prints from all eras.




Here's another beauty:



The Evermore Gallery of American Art is appreciative of the backing of BCA Financial Services Collection Agency for their continued support.

Evermore Gallery Image Collection Jupiter Missile 1959

The Evermore Gallery's Image Collection staff has obtained another rare gelatin silver original print. This one is dated March 20, 1959 and is a Jupiter Missile Shell being redied for a test.

This is at the Army's Chrysler-operated Michigan Missile plant. This is called a" qualification test."

6 stories tall (60 feet) it's quite impressive, especially a print like this.

Rare Book: "The Torch is Passed" - The Associated Press Story of The Death of a President

The Associated Press tribute to the JFK Assassination in 1963. Exactly 100 pages of moving pictures and stories of the tragic day and the funeral that followed.




Go anytime to the still-evolving Rare Book Collection Center at the Evermore Gallery of American Art. Numerous volumes from the extensive collection are currently being catalogued and will be uploaded in the next two to three years.

The Evermore Gallery of Amercan Art is a division of the collection agency, BCA Financial Services of Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Michelangelo: The Pieta. New York World's Fair Vatican Pavillion 1964-1965

The Evermore Gallery has obtained a beautiful statue of Michelangelo's Pieta (the word supposedly means "compassion") most likely originally purchased at the gift shop at the NY World's Fair of 1964-1965.

The Evermore does not own this wonderful object however, but has it on lend from it's owners Taryn G. and Raffaele, no not the famous painter, but he does have the same name. These two art connoisseurs have just returned from an extended vacation in Italy where they viewed the famous (1499 AD) sculpture up close and personal.

This same original was shipped to the Vatican Pavillion at the fair for its only American viewing.

This heavy plaster statue souvenir has extremely fine detail. It must have been good enough to pass the Vatican's muster to be placed in their Fair Pavillion.

Twin Picture Frames Acquired 8/4/07

(c) Evermore Gallery of American Art - Geo. Schwacha Painting



These two large 1880 vintage 23" x 29" (inset) frames were obtained this weekend at an estate sale. They were in poor shape and needed to be restored and "rescued" somewhat. The Evermore Gallery of American Art has placed two temporary subjects in them for the time being. The top one is an original George Schwacha* painting called The Picnic. The other is a late vintage (1999) poster from the Montclair (New Jersey) Art Museum.

Obviously, one does not place a modern poster in a 127 year old frame, but we do it for two reasons. One, closing up a frame protects the old glass, which is wavy from old manufacturing techniques. And two, you can get an idea of the frame with something, rather than nothing in it.

* Here's what Mr. Schwacha placed on the back of every painting:
(you'll have to click on it to read it)

Ticket To President Garfield's Funeral

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Now you find a ticket!, we'll you're about 125 years late as this large sized ticket is dated February 27, 1882 and has been in the Evermore Gallery of American Art's collection (Main Gallery) for about 17 years. He died September 19, 1881 so this memorial service was sometime later.

It measures 9 1/2" by 6" so we wonder how you put it in your wallet.

Good thing they didn't tear it in half when you entered the service.

By the Bye, the Evermore Gallery of American Art is in the same town as Holsten's, the restaurant used in the last scene in The Soprano's.

Bloomfield, N.J. : SPORTS are at the Evermore Gallery of American Art

Yes, the Evermore Gallery of American Art takes all american artifacts seriously, not unlike the Smithsonian itself.

The folks in our sports department are working to catalog the entire collection. Scheduled opening date is October 2008 but you can get a sneak peek now here at the Sports Centre.

Here's an old jump rope:





Or how about a classic pigskin:




Here's a little slideshow:

President William Howard Taft's Picture To Help fundraising!

President Taft Helps with Fundraising.

Edison Amberola at the Evermore Gallery of American Art - Bloomfield, New Jersey

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The Edison "Amberola" model c. 1912. Tommy Edison's first internal-horn phonograph played "Blue Amberol" 4 minute cylinders. One of the favorites of the Evermore Gallery of American Art is "Those Days are Over"-a classic.

The Evermore purchased this working model from a Edison Phonograph collector/restorer named "Fred" (it wouldn't be polite to give his last name without his family's permission) of Bloomfield in 1990. The late Fred was deep in his nineties at the time and actually knew Mr. Edison personally, so his talks were interesting to say the least.


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Go to the Edison National Historic Site's website (a good one by the NPS or National Park Service), unfortunately, the actual site in West Orange, NJ (very close to the Evermore Gallery as it happens) is undergoing a major tune-up and while it should open relatively soon, no date has been set.

Here's an original photo of Mr. Edison and wife Mina at an undisclosed school. We guess it to be about 1923-1929 (Mr. Edison died in 1931).


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Would you like to hear what we hear on this machine? The Library of Congress has a alphabetic listing of all Edison's cylinders and you can hear them on your computer as well.

Record Store Photos From 1949

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There's Frankie on the wall.

Need records to play on your Hi-Fi? Get them at this record store called " The Holiday Shop " Records and Radios in the Roeland Park Shopping Center in Roeland Park, Kansas.

These original silver gelatin prints were just acquired by the Evermore Gallery of Art and can be seen at the gallery.


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Check them out at the Evermore Gallery Image Collection at The Evermore Gallery of American Art.