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RIP: Pressman’s Army & Navy Store
The Hoxsie blog reports the loss of this great sign from Troy, New York. This photo from carljohnson in particular adds a lot of character to the sign which still remains in part following structural work to the building. An ‘after’ photo is available here. See more ‘RIPs’ from this blog.
20 Jan 2012
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Brilliant new website: Traditional Sign Maker Magazine
Via the Signpainter Movie I came across this facinating site which profiles signwriters and has already introduced me to the beautiful world of Filete Porteño in Argentina. Lots more good stuff to come from them no doubt…
30 Mar 2012
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Conservation guidelines for ghostsigns in Australia
This report, Conserving Historic Signs, was written in 2002 and published by the Heritage Office, Department of Planning, State of New South Wales in 2006. I was alerted to it by Jos Peeters and it is a detailed and fascinating account of some of the considerations when conserving ghostsigns. The work on the HAT archive seems […]
16 Apr 2012
