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mrbuglite64 says:

St. Louis 021

St. Louis 015

This is just the kind of thing I think of when I discovered this group.
I am new here so I hope this fits and is liked.
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jconybeer says:

Here is one in Edmonton.
street scene
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melina1965  Pro User  says:

26 août 2007 Créteil Rue du Général Leclerc Publicité peinte
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stumbling monk says:

ruby

look at my thread for a set of these
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luis echanove  Pro User  says:

anis de la asturiana
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luis echanove  Pro User  says:

rotulos en muro medianero
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luis echanove  Pro User  says:

handwerk & tradition // artesanía y tradición
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altamuc says:

SF - Chinatown
Chinatown, San Francisco
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Spixey  Pro User  says:

A couple from NYC

Advertisement Manhattan

Advertisement Manhattan
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doglock75  Pro User  says:

Portland waterfront
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Mystery 770  Pro User  says:

Ghost Ads are popular in several groups..
DSC_2352_edited-1
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Pro-Zak  Pro User  says:

Richmond_Hill_03
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Olivander is a group administrator Olivander says:

Great topic, mrbuglite64! Welcome to the group!
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vfm4  Pro User  says:

Renssen original
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tammye*  Pro User  says:

chevy sign

old painted sign
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"Kingpin" Billy says:

When all of these finally vanish...I will shed many tears that day.
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ajwpip says:

I really like these signs too. Here are a couple from New Orleans:

mint julep

Uneeda Biscuit

There is also a whole group for these signs, Ghost Signs:
www.flickr.com/groups/10285999@N00/
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angie_phoenix  Pro User  says:


oldindustry
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416inversed says:

IMG_2254a
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newenglandgal  Pro User  says:

Boston

Great thread.

IMG_5273 Union savings Boston
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

Minneapolis, MN

Faded 7-up Painted Wall Ad

Minneapolis, MN

Enjoy Coca-Cola

St. Paul, MN

Minnehaha Food Market
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galessa's plastics  Pro User  says:

Guys, be sure to post all your pics of old painted signs in our pool!
Posted 54 months ago. (permalink)

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kicksonrt66  Pro User  says:

I'll have to see if there's enough left to take a picture. In my home town when I was a kid there was still a faded painted-on-brick sign on the movie theater advertising that they had movies with sound.
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mrbuglite64 says:

that would be sweet if it was still there.
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Viajante  Pro User  says:

Cisco, TX

Faded Past
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white dog  Pro User  says:

The Gas Station
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Mystery 770  Pro User  says:

Goldcrest Beer ghost ad.

and more ghost signs..
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raddad!  Pro User  says:

The Regent Theater
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fepegui2 says:

Does this count?

_C095770-01 - Indicador oxidado - Rusted sign
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william.sawtelle says:

PC240299
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kke227  Pro User  says:

Faded
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T_Jak  Pro User  says:

Remnants of old Glasgow
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

St. Paul, MN

Schmidt Beer - The Brew that grew with the Great Northwest
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askance.glance  Pro User  says:




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jessica wilson {jek in the box}  Pro User  says:

love these! venice, ca.

venice: the stronghold
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The Real Devil Doll  Pro User  says:

Los Banos, CA
Used Cars
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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Selz Royal Shoe
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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Coca Cola
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mearse  Pro User  says:


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mearse  Pro User  says:


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mearse  Pro User  says:


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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Coca Cola
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

St. Paul, MN

Champion Spark Plugs
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jancyclops  Pro User  says:

Words On A Wall
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

2 from Austin, MN

Welcome to Austin - Grain Belt

Mapleview Lounge & Bottle Shop
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

2 from Elk River, MN

Napa Ghost Sign

Kemper Drug and Gifts & Ghost Bank Sign
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

7 from Minneapolis, MN

Ice Cream, Orange Crush, Cafe "Ghost Signs"

Orange Crush "Ghost Sign"

Gluek Beer "Ghost Sign"

Grain Belt Breweries, Inc "Ghost Sign"

Grain Belt Breweries, Inc "Ghost Sign"

Orange Crush "Ghost Sign"

Orange Crush "Ghost Sign"
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Inkyhack  Pro User  says:

Jan 20 2008 Chinatown Advertisement
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lotoole3 says:

Hope Machine



A few more in my stream. A lot more on my site: lawrenceotoole.com/signs
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Too Tall George  Pro User  says:

El Paso, TX

Newly Remodeled
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Too Tall George  Pro User  says:

El Paso, TX

Kiel Cheese and Butter.JPG
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Too Tall George  Pro User  says:

El Paso, TX - This may not count for this thread, but it is too charming to pass up.

Door Bell.jpg
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John Kratz  Pro User  says:

YES! Thanks for resurrecting this thread - I didn't know it existed. There are a couple of old signs in my town - I'll have to shoot and post them!
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Transiently permanent  Pro User  says:

I'm not 100% sure whether this is painted or not, but I thought it was quite pretty!

East End
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Marty Hogan  Pro User  says:

Klingman's Furn.jpg

Division & Fuller 01.jpg
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Random Shooter  Pro User  says:

The Uncola
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Lost Monongahela  Pro User  says:

This is a detail of an ad that ran in the 1908 Monongahela Old Home Week Magazine.

The building still exists across the tracks on 7th st. Monongahela Pa

D. E. Gamble Elevator and Warehouse circa 1908
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Lost Monongahela  Pro User  says:

D. E. Gamble Elevator and Warehouse in 2008 - 100 years later. It's interesting to see the changes that have taken place. The building has deteriorated but one thing that has changed for the better is that the trees have grown back across the river on the hillside. If you visit my flicker page and enlarge the pic you can see traces of a later painted sign in the lower right hand corner. Some of the words you can still make out are cows, horses, hogs.

D. E. Gamble Elevator and Warehouse circa 2008
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

St. Paul, MN

Grain Belt Beer Ghost Sign
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

Minneapolis, MN

Falk Paper Co.
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jra128  Pro User  says:

lost
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

3 from Minneapolis, MN

Knudson's Dept Store

Viking Bar - Grain Belt Ghost Sign

Golden Grain Belt Beers
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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Rollans Cash Store
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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Sort of fits!

Budweiser Silo
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schummi06514  Pro User  says:

Texaco
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spacey spice says:

Tony Bell...cool..where is the big can of beer at?
Schummi...i love that old barn!
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sagegale says:

a train runs by my front door
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sagegale says:

ow.....
Old building along the train track at "The Dalles", Oregon
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neiljohnuk  Pro User  says:

DSC_9594
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simplyjake  Pro User  says:


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Richard M Nixon  Pro User  says:

Spacemonkey 69 ~ That is just east of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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416inversed says:

IMG_7420a

Frenchtown, NJ
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Numinous.ca says:

050922-01a
2005 USA Texas
www.numinous.ca
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Numinous.ca says:

0026mAY21f
2000 France the S.W ?
www.numinous.ca
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DomesticBliss  Pro User  says:

Spencer, NC

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Muffet  Pro User  says:

From Lowell, Massachusetts--

Father John's
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Sicilian0 [CoZZaAmArA]  Pro User  says:

img_7164 (2)
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Sicilian0 [CoZZaAmArA]  Pro User  says:

norfolk VA.

Just Love this group!

IMG_7302

IMG_7307
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pe.bigg says:

goto try1 copy

Starting to fall.

New Sarepta, Alberta, Canada. Cartoon Capital of Canada.
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Farmers & Merchants State Bank "Ghost Sign"
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Sismoon  Pro User  says:

Old Richmond Works building

Old Richmond Works factory, Richmond Indiana
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johnybes  Pro User  says:

Jacksonville, Oregon

Jacksonville, Oregon
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Glass_House  Pro User  says:

Maple Sugaring
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Karl Gunnarsson  Pro User  says:

Don't know how old this one is but it doesn't look very modern:
The View
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Solana11111 says:

ROYAL ARMY
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ipontific8  Pro User  says:

Lompoc California
DSC_0086.JPG
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bluecinderella says:

Downtown Alexandria, Louisiana

show case society club inc.
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

Delano, MN

Ghost Signs on old building

Delano Co-operative Mercantile Co.

Occident Flour Makes Better Bread
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anglerove  Pro User  says:

St. Paul, MN

Dad's Root Beer Ghost Sign
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Senor Roboto  Pro User  says:

Chicago

Ghetto Lounge

It's a trick!
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SUNFLECKR says:

Zum Fahrkartenverkauf

shot in Kranichfeld/ Thuringia/ Germany
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polly.lentz says:

A couple from my trip to NYC...

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n712865347_761872_4031

Corrugated Boxes Bought and Sold

This is a great thread! Keep up the good work, friends!
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Muffet  Pro User  says:

Another from Lowell, MA--

faded Pollard's sign
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Mike Z  Pro User  says:

Slaughter House 663 CP
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thepicturegirl1784  Pro User  says:

Taken in Salem Massachusetts on Essex Street




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Dabadoo  Pro User  says:

sealed in its purity package
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J.-C. Curtet  Pro User  says:

Photographié à Genève (Suisse), rue des Templiers, vers 1975

Genève - Rue des Templiers 5
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kevwil says:

The Vic

Palace Hotel sign

layered signs

room and board
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nualabugeye  Pro User  says:

a couple from the UK

Huddersfield

the finest tyres

Shrewsbury

any make of cycle
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Joseph Hoetzl  Pro User  says:

Brooklyn, NY

National Cold Storage...on the way out.
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Community Archive  Pro User  says:

Redezvous Tea Gardens Lending Library
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