A faded ad painted in brick on a Chelsea building is all that’s left of Miss Weber, a hat maker who ran a store at 48 West 22nd Street.
“Take elevator”: If instructions were necessary, I’d guess that elevators were relatively new at the time the ad was painted.
So when does it date to? Well, Frank Jump posted a photo taken in 1997; he dates the ad to 1910.
And 14to42 says an Ida Weber ran a hat shop here from 1911 to 1913 before decamping to the millinery district on 39th Street.
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