27 Apr 2012
Weathering in Idaho leads to reveal of c.100 year old ghostsign
Photo: Roger Plothow
This treasure has just been uncovered, more background on Roger’s blog [Link since expired]. It’s an interesting case of the weather working to ‘save’ a sign rather than eroding it.
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