Wallet card with some old furrier signs

 Here's a group of long-gone furriers with visible signs on this building at 26th Street and 7th Avenue. It appears they date to 1923 - 101 years ago!

Thanks to Walter Grutchfield's terrific site, here are the furriers listed.

The top row is barely visible now, but Saretsky Raw Furs opened in 1908 and was at this address until 1923. The business closed with owner Victor Saretsky's death in 1976.

The next one is also hard to read, but it was for Samuel Kahn Furs and Skins. Started in 1917, the business was at this address from 1923 to 1925. The business lasted into the 1950s.

The next two are easier to read. Brucker & Biderman had a partnership from 1923 to 1927, before they went their separate ways to other furriers.

As Grutchfield puts it, "The Durable Fur Co. was not durable." It appears it was only in business for a short time in 1923.

Under the SmartWater ad is another ad for Schuman Bros., which lasted until 1970.