Month: March 2012
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Spokane Students Hunt for Ghost Signs in ‘An Experiment in Public History Pedagogy’
The Public History students of Spokane have been set this brief which will get them out into the town to photograph the various ghost signs there. They’ll also have to use various historical sources to uncover the stories of the companies advertised by the signs and the people who painted them. It looks set to […]
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Vernacular Typography interviewed by Vanishing New York
Photo: Molly Woodward, Vernacular Typography Read the interview here. Further good news is that this project is now fully funded so expect more news in the coming months…
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Rick Janzen of Streamline Studios creates a ‘ghostsign’ from scratch
Photos: Rick Janzen This photo essay shows the various stages in recreating the effect of a ghostsign using water-based paints (the rest of the blog is worth checking out too, especially this post and this one). This appears to be a different technique to that employed by Colossal Media at the end of this video. […]
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Writing on the Wall working to preserve and restore ghostsigns in the Netherlands
This organisation in the Netherlands was established in 1999 and has been working ever since to raise the profile of hand painted wall advertising in the country. They also get involved with other outdoor forms such as hanging signs and neon advertisements, but the main focus is Ghostsigns, especially their restoration and protection. A lot […]
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Grandma’s Boy sign in Vancouver is no more, RIP
This is the scene at the central Vancouver intersection where this sign enjoyed an unexpected two weeks’ of fame following the destruction of the adjacent building. A nice collection of photos documenting the brief rise, and rapid fall, of the sign in this Vancouver Sun photo collection
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1996 fire reveals two ghostsigns in Columbus, Ohio
Photo: udhcmh Documentation of the exposure resulting from fire on Ohio State University land in 1996.