I spotted two recently-surfaced ghost signs on MacArthur in #Oakland, @ihazrabies
Neither is great, and I can't find anything about the business behind the florist. But they're in good shape, because they were behind a facade for some number of years
Continuing with the run-down of what's happening at Saturday's BLAG Meet (https://bl.ag/meet), I'm very excited to hear from @ihazrabies and how she uses digital tools to find and view old ghost signs.
Kasey's San Francisco Ghost Sign Mapping Project (https://sfghostsigns.com/) is an inspiration to me, and it was a pleasure to publish her 'Ghost Sign Corner' piece in BLAG 06 (https://bl.ag/06).
Kasey is on at around 5pm London time: https://bl.ag/meet.
Can anyone confirm that this ghost sign is for the French Vabé brand, owned by Byrrh?
https://caves-byrrh-boutique.fr/produit/vabe/
I can't make out all of the slogan in yellow, but the 'Catalan' line would fit with Rivesaltes, where Vabé originates from, which is just north of Perpignan, and therefore in French Catalonia.
Here's the location on streetview, where the motion of the camera has created a new brand: Wabé
Have just edited post above to say there are now less than 10 new copies of Ghost Signs: A London Story left in my shop.
Info, links, etc at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book.
Thank you to everyone that has bought a copy, and to all those that made this dream come true for me.
Love the font and the craquelure on this sign painted by one of the doors on the former Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School in Kinning Park in Glasgow
Highway robbery as 'Historic Idaho sign goes missing days before donation to Museum of Idaho':
From the latest edition of the SCA Weekly News:
https://sca-roadside.org/news-and-advocacy/
One more Den Haagse #DutchIJ lettering, spotted in the Assendelftstraat. Rijwielen, onderdelen en banden, by Waterreus & Co., a company started in 1911. #ghostsigns
@inspirationgrid Have you seen Andrei Lacatusu's 'Social Decay' project?
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2018/08/social-decay-from-andrei-lacatusu/
Un petit mur peint en passant à travers Boulogne-Billancourt.
#GhostSigns
A flurry of orders has taken my stock of Ghost Signs: A London Story to less than 30 [Edit: Now 10].
It's not being reprinted, unless another publisher steps up, so grab one while you can.
https://shop.bl.ag/products/ghost-signs-a-london-story
Thank you to @RoyReed for getting on board with the project which helped me escape the depths of my pandemic despair, Max at Isola Press for taking the plunge as publisher, Eve for the outstanding design, and everyone else that contributed research and pictures.
I took these ghostsign pics last year and never posted them. The Hotel Travelers in downtown Vallejo, as shot from the top floor of the Odd Fellows lodge across the street. I'm not sure the age of the Ghirardelli sign, but the Coke sign is probably from the 1960's. #ghostsigns #sfba
The cart entrance to the old Crown Mill on Washington Street in the Anderston Area of Glasgow. This Italianate building was constructed in 1862, but all that is now left is the boarded up ground floor. As well as the ghost sign of the mill's name over the door, you can also see the cast iron guards on either side which helped protect the corners from being damanged by carts bumping into them when passing in and out.
Chanced on this one while wandering around downtown Cincinnati at dusk yesterday
Sign story here: https://bl.ag/meet-chuck-keiger-sam-caldwells-cincinnati-walldog/
Sadly, further photography was abandoned after an unsavoury character started making a beeline for me across the parking lot. Maybe I'll get a opportunity to return for some closer shots of the wall...
@sirhc I don't know if he's still around, but St Louis is/was home to ghost signs great Wm. Stage.
His first Ghost Signs book was published in 1989, and remains a timeless volume. He then did this one with a more local focus just over decade ago:
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2014/04/fading-ads-of-st-louis-by-wm-stage/
Via the @ghostsigns blog
"Their [calligraphers'] handwriting, if you think about it, really defined the character of the neighbourhood." — Billy Potts talking about his Hong Kong Ghost Signs tour in Kowloon City
https://www.orangenews.hk/HKEye/1256662/Walking-tours-reveal-another-side-to-the-city.shtml
‘Take Courage’ Ghost Sign in London, England
This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.#advertising #ghostsigns #section-Atlas
‘Take Courage’ Ghost Sign
Ghost sign on the derelict former District Court building on Turnbull Street in Glasgow. This building is due to be renovated soon, and I do hope this ghost sign will be preserved.
#glasgow #ghostsigns
#ghostsignsglasgow
#ghostsign
#glasgowbuildings #derelictbuilding
