Late post as I was in the city today. While there I took some wallet card photos. These three are kind of a similar theme; some out of date elements on functional signage.
These automatic sprinkler signs are everywhere, for use of the fire department. If you look closely at this one, however, you will see an address for the Rael Automatic Sprinkler Company, Whitestone 57 N.Y. Rael still exists (now on Long Island rather than Whitestone, Queens). This sign predates 1963 and the introduction of the zip code, with the old postal zone instead (57 in this case). This sign is on the wall of a 7-Eleven on East 28th Street.
Nearby, outside a service entrance on East 26th Street I noticed an Elevator Alarm Bell box with an old phone number, EXeter 2-6400. Just like addresses, phone numbers as we know them today were a 1960s innovation. This box is no later than 1960s, then. In 2017 I actually
posted a similar one. That one said EX 2-6400 rather than EXeter 2-6400. A variation to collect!
Nearby I came across this sign. I'd seen similar ones on other NYC sites before (like F
orgotten New York) but never sought it out for a wallet card photo. Still, it looks very cool, an old Art Deco style. Like the elevator box it was too high up to get a good photo and still get the wallet card in. It says "Elevator Apartments Available" with "Air Conditioning" barely visible on the bottom.
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