Individual Signs
Blog posts about particular ghostsigns, including those which have been lost (RIPs), repainted or where some general research has been done about the sign.
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Before the secret lemonade drinker there was this Willesden Ghostsign
Another great discovery and background research from Sebastien here for a brand whose most memorable advertising was probably this:
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Lovely painted wall in Sydney absinthe bar
Spotted on the BBC.
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Four layers of Dubonnet palimpsest
Great discovery here from Sebastien in which he has identified four signs for the same brand vying for position on the same wall. There’s a great gallery of French ghost signs here (Dubonnet here) and my posts on the country are here with additional photos in this Flickr set.
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Sebastien Ardouin discovers another RIP in Sheen Lane, Richmond
Another one bites the dust here.
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Flag Makers sign in San Francisco faces uncertain future
Photo: Joe Thompson This blog post signals a likely future RIP for this ghostsign in San Francisco.
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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