Back in '87 I did a
limited series full hand colored hand printed serigraph of MINGS
variety. Soon there after I found out that he was closing after 30
years. He opened the store in the summer of 1957. The
original owners name was Wong. He bought the store and then decided to
keep the original name to help keep up his clientele.
I made two prints for
him for no charge. When I came by before he retired to bring him the
prints his daughter was there and decided to take a photo of the two of
us for our families. He sent me this photo
and a card giving thanks for our friendship. There were all kinds of
old style stock for sale like bags of marbles, cheap sun glasses, boxes
of old Princess Soap Flakes, small cap guns and a great deal more. Of
course all the original in store signs were sold
off. York Ice Cream and Pepsi Cola for example.
This photo was taken
June 6 1987. All
of the MINGS prints have been sold out for years. If I come across any
original photos that I used for reference
I will pass then along.
