No. 7 & 9 East 48th Street

7 East 48th Street designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1912 and 9 East 48th Street designed by Alfred E. Barlow c. 1912 in New York City.  No. 7 was the John Ruszits Fur Company which had previously been located at Broadway and East 11th Street but lost that location in a fire in 1911.  Click HERE for a 1912 NYTimes article on the opening of this group of shops which have all since been demolished.  Photo from Architecture, 1912.

Onyx Soda Water Apparatus

An Onyx Soda Water apparatus built by the Onyx Soda Fountain Company on 34th Street in New York City.  I cannot make out the location on the photograph but it looked like quite a soda shop.  Photo from The New York Architect, 1908.

Stern Brothers

 The Stern Brothers department store designed by John B. Snook Sons c. 1913 on West 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in New York City.  Stern Brothers moved into their new flagship store after leaving their 23rd Street location seen HERE.  The 42nd Street location closed in 1969 and was eventually demolished and replaced with the W.R. Grace Building.  Click HERE to see Isaac Stern's residence and HERE for Louis Stern's residence.  Click HERE to see Benjamin Stern's Long Island estate 'Claraben Court'.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1913.

More on the Black, Starr & Frost Building

Some additional views of the Black, Starr & Frost Building designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1912 at 592 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Click HERE for more on the Black, Starr & Frost Building.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.

The Black, Starr & Frost Building

The Black, Starr & Frost Building designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1912 at 592 Fifth Avenue (and 48th Street) in New York City. Black, Starr & Frost, jewelers, erected their new headquarters on the site of the former C.T. Cook residence, click HERE for more. The building underwent significant alterations in 1964.

Photos from The American Architect, 1912.

Les Grands Magasins Dufayel

Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, a department store owned by Georges Dufayel at No. 7 Boulevard Barbes in Paris, France. Dufayel purchased Le Grand Magasin des Nouveautés upon the death of the store's owner in 1888 and set upon a series of extensive enlargements over the next 20 years including a theatre, cinema, winter garden and cycling track. By the early 20th century the store employed 15,000 people. Dufayel died in 1916, the store closed in 1930 and large portions of it have since been demolished. Click HERE for more on Les Grands Magasins Dufayel and for current photographs. What's left of Dufayel's store has been incorporated into a bank building, click HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1902.

A Columbia Graphophone Company Shop

A shop for the Columbia Graphophone Company designed by Starrett & Van Vleck c. 1916 in New York City. Click HERE for more on the Columbia Graphophone Company. I do not know the precise location of the shop.

Photos from The American Architect, 1917.

The Schlesinger & Mayer Building

The Schlesinger & Mayer Building designed by Louis H. Sullivan between 1899-1904 at State and Madison Streets in Chicago, Illinois. Click HERE for more on the Schlesinger & Mayer Building and HERE to see it on google street view (with the decorative base covered up for what appears to construction work).

Photos from Architectural Record, 1904.

The Havana Tobacco Company

The Havana Tobacco Company shop designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1904 in the St. James Building at Broadway and 26th Street (designed by Bruce Price c. 1896) in New York City. Click HERE to see the St. James Building on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1905.