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    Posted 9 years ago

    Ted_Straub
    (949 items)

    This first image is of the Kingston Cake Company's (AKA Blue Ribbon Bakery) property. It is said that this regional facility was a good place to work. One of the bakery's big contracts was to produce Girl Scout Cookies for The East Coast.

    This scale and stamp dispenser advertising item promotes The Grant Dental Lab, also of Kingston.

    Both practical and whimsical, it generated a lot of business for Grant's.

    I obtained this can and its contests as part of an auction box lot. Still containing much of its cleaner, this superior Scranton made product continues to work well.

    Though no longer made in The Electric City, Liberty Metal Polish continues to be available, albeit with an altered formula.

    Lastly we seem the Loree Colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company. Now demolished, this breaker was located in Larksville, PA

    Time marches on…..

    Comments

    1. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Thank you, Jewels! I appreciate your love of these images….
    2. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Thank you, agh….
    3. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Yes, nutsabotas, that is so true!
    4. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hi, gc…thank you for the love!
    5. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Thank you, Dave!
    6. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hi, antiquerose…thank you for the love!
    7. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Good evening, v-50….I appreciate the love!
    8. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      The Kingston Cake Company's building is such a fabulous bit of architecture. Does the building still exist? The admin section with the curved frontage is fantastic.
    9. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hi racer4four! Thanks for your thoughtful comment and observation. Sadly, the administration section was demolished many years ago. It was replaced by loading docks for trailers. Its loss changed the whole perspective of the complex.

      The production part of the building still exists as a warehouse. However, a private school now owns the property, and there is some talk of them leveling the place, and expanding the school's campus.

      As an aside, though the Blue Ribbon was a reasonably sized company, they were always community minded. One example is that people could order personalized freshly baked individually baked cakes from this Company. Another example is that they donated some land across from their building to the town of Kingston to be used as a playground, which still exists.
    10. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Good morning, Dave…thanks for the love. Have a good Sunday!
    11. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hi, nutsa….I appreciate the love, thank you!
    12. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Good morning gc….I appreciate the love….
    13. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hello, Cormoran….thank you for the love of these images..!
    14. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      Thanks for the info Ted. As you say time marches on...
      Karen
    15. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Hi, Karen (racer4four)…..you are very welcome, my friend!
    16. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Thank you, ttom!
    17. Ted_Straub Ted_Straub, 9 years ago
      Thanks, Trey

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