A uniquely named store XD Google rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars.
View of the Entire Store. Photo by Nature Photographer Pam Hirst at PKH Photography. Writing by Freelance Content Writer and Travel Blogger Meghan Hirst at Meghan Hirst, Writer.
Blue Raccoon has been in business since 1993. The store sells both modern and vintage home décor items and gifts. The owner, Nelson Zayas, chooses only top-notch and environmentally-friendly products for customers. They have won an award and have been highlighted in several popular magazines and newspapers, such as Country Living, Philadelphia Magazine, and The New York Times.
If customers are unsure how to furnish their living spaces, Zayas and his employees conveniently provide interior design services. Their website includes information about what they do and how they do it.
My mom's photo was featured in a photography group on Facebook :D The image on the side of the store is called a ghost sign, which is one of her favorite things to photograph. Ghost signs are conserved ads that are meant to evoke feelings of being in a different decade. They can be spotted in countries worldwide.
We had to search for a little while to uncover the history behind this particular sign. It is unclear when the building was constructed, but it existed in 1912 and was called J.W. Wooley Bakery. A company called King Midas Flour was operating during this year in Milbourne Mills, Pennsylvania. They relocated to Minnesota and changed it to just King Midas. J.N. Barber purchased the J.W. Wooley Bakery (The Barber family became very well-known in Lambertville). The "Bread" part of the name came about when the King Midas Flour mill permitted the bakers to use the word. A newspaper publication company bought the building in the 1920's and did business there for about a decade. There were a plethora of other residents before Blue Raccoon was established.
The Lambertville Trading Company Coffee Bar is next!
Have you ever seen a ghost sign while visiting a city or town?
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