I just added around 600 more ghost signs to my database. These were signs I photographed in 2014, plus a few from 2015 and 2017. The map shows where these newly added signs are located – mostly New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Connecticut. There are a few others scattered around.
The map below shows the complete coverage of ghost signs in the database. It contains around 7300 ghost signs. I still have another 1000 to add that I have already photographed.
Here is a gallery of some of the more interesting (and pretty) signs that I just added. I have included some enhancements so you can see the separate layers. If you want the signs’ locations, click on the map at the top of the left column of this page. That link takes you to the database.
Arps Brothers Hardware Co. / Garage, Ouray, Colorado, 2015
Arps Brothers Hardware Co. / Garage, Ouray, Colorado, 2015
Arps Brothers Hardware Co. / Garage, Ouray, Colorado, 2015
Farmers Implement Co. – McCornick / International Harvester. / Deering Sales and Service, Yuma, Colordo, 2015
Consolidated Cigar Corp. – Dutch Master Cigars, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 2017
Carriage Repository, Hartford, Connecticut, 2017
Colt Gun Factory – Smokestack, Hartford, Connecticut, 2017
Red Rock Cola, Hartford, Connecticut, 2017 (A reshoot of one I had photographed in 2010)
White Rose Bread, Hartford, Connecticut, 2017
Low Down Wagons, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 2014
Springfield Photo Mount Co., Holyoke, Massachusetts, 2014
1776-1976 Bicentennial Mural (now Painted Over), Bay City, Michigan, 2014
Dr. Pierce’s Prescription – Cures Weak Women / Battle Ax Plug Tobacco / Harness / Corn, Oats, Feed, Bay City, Michigan, 2014
Enhancement – Battle Axe Tobacco
Enhancement – Dr. Pierce
Detail of previous sign – Layer 1 – Harness
Detail of previous sign – Layer 2 – Feed, Corn
Lee Overalls / Vertin’s Department Store, Calumet, Michigan, 2014
Enhancement
Pillsbury’s Best Flour, Calumet, Michigan, 2014
Electric Irons and Heating Devices, Detroit, Michigan, 2014
Detail of Fur Building
Furs, Dertroit, Michigan, 2014
Detail of Fur Building
Goodrich Truck Tires (now demolished), Detroit, Michigan, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco, Detroit, Michigan, 2014
Northern Cranes, Detroit, Michigan, 2014
Savings Bank, Detroit, Michigan, 2014
Wurlitzer Building, Detroit, Michigan, 2014
King Midas Flour, Hancock, Michigan, 2014
Skinner Chamberlain Co., Albert Lea, Minnesota, 2014
Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, 2014
Brainerd Model Laundry, Brainerd, Minnesota, 2014
Burton Cafe / Market, Fairmont, Minnesota, 2014
Farmers Cooperative Creamery, Fairmont, Minnesota, 2014
Hamm’s Excelsior – Keg & Bottled, Fairmont, Minnesota, 2014
Enhancement
Occident Flour, Glenwood, Minnesota, 2014
Henry George Cigar / Farm Machinery, Long Prairie, Minnesota, 2014
The previous sign advertised carriages. Here is a real one on the street!
State Index Minnesota Marshall Product Index Sports & Recreation (Guns & Tackle) Best Signs Photomethods Low resolution version – placeholder only Location Google Street View 44.4490511,-95.7916063 stateIconDisplay on Map Guns Tackle, Marshall, Minnesota, 2014
L. H. Powell Auto Co., Marshall, Minnesota, 2014
Peterson Music Co. – West Side, Marshall, Minnesota, 2014
remo Cigar / Coca Cola, Owatonna, Minnesota, 2014
Gano’s Hotel, Pipestone, Minnesota, 2014
Pepsi Cola / Sloan’s Liniment, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2014
Enhancememt #1 – Sloan’s Liniment
Enhancememt #2 – Pepsi Cola
Rexall Pharmacy, Marshall, North Carolina, 2014
Nabisco – Not Real : Painted for Movie Background, Newland, North Carolina, 2014
Jim Robinson / Obers Fertilizers / Deering Farm Implements / Coca Cola, Reidsville, North Carolina, 2014
Enhancement
Coca Cola between Buildings, Reidsville, North Carolina, 2014
Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, Reidsville, North Carolina, 2014
B. P. O. E., Bismarck, North Dakota, 2014
Bowling Alleys, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 2014
Billiard Hall / Coca Cola / Owl Cigar, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 2014
C. D. Haley Farm Machinery / Studebaker, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 2014
Coca Cola / Robert Burns Cigars, Dickinson, North Dakota, 2014
Coca Cola / Wrigley’s P. K. Chewing Sweet (very faded}, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Coca Cola / Wrigley’s P. K. Chewing Sweet / [Occident] Flour – Makes Better Bread, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Enhancement #1
Enhancement #2
Enhancement #3
Dakota Business College, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Hotel Bison, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Hotel Powers / Wrigleys P.K. Chewing Sweet, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Enhancement
Union Storage & Transfer – Frozen Food Lockers, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014
Hotel Lewis & Clark, Mandan, North Dakota, 2014
Northern Moline Plow Co. / Griggs Cooper & Co. / Winston and Newell Co., Minot, North Dakota, 2014
Griggs Cooper & Co.
Winston and Newell
Northern Moline Plow Co.
Lee Jeans / Billiard Hall, Rugby, North Dakota, 2014
Equity Co-op Elev. Co. – No.1, Sheyenne, North Dakota, 2014
Gold Medal Flour / Meat Market / Hides, Willow City, North Dakota, 2014
General House Furnisher, Nashua, New Hampshire, 2010
Mail Pouch Tobacco / Baker’s Opera House / W. H. Baker – Dry Goods, Dover, New Jersey, 2014
Ivory Soap, Brockport, New York, 2017
Enhancement
Kelvinator, Buffalo, New York, 2014
Anderson Dry Goods, Canandaigua, New York, 2014
Hardware / Mill Supplies, Carthage, New York, 2014
Blum’s Variety / 5 Stores in one – Sampson Brothers Clothiers/ Go by the Book on Beecham’s Pills, Kingston, New York, 2014
Enhancement #1
Enhancement #2
Ivory Soap / Marehess Groceries, Lowville, New York, 2014
Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, Lowville, New York, 2014
Gold Medal Flour 2014, Middletown, New York, 2014
Stranahan’s Gen’l Merchandise, Narrowsburg, New York, 2014
Greene’s Garage – Agent for Ford Cars, Newburgh, New York, 2014
Enhacement
Jap-A-Lac Paint 2014, Newburgh, New York, 2014
Uneeda Biscuit, Newburgh, New York, 2014
Vegetable Market / Phone 194, Newburgh, New York, 2014
Castoria for Children, Oneida, New York, 2014
Rice’s Old Home Stead Hotel, Oneida, New York, 2014
Brown-Davis Furniture, Oswego, New York, 2014
Mowitt the Druggist, Port Jervis, New York, 2014
Techniflex – Gas Range Connectors, Port Jervis, New York, 2014
Bull Durham, Saugerties, New York, 2014
Owl Cigar / Liberty Tobacco, Saugerties, New York, 2014
Enhacement #1
Enhacement #2
Erie Lackawanna Railroad Freight House, Utica, New York, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco, Utica, New York, 2014
Roberts Hardware Co., Utica, New York, 2014
Utica Barter Exchange, Utica, New York, 2014
[Adams] California Fruit Gum, Yonkers, New York, 2014
Enhacement
E & W Linen Collars and Cuffs (now painted over), Yonkers, New York, 2014
McCann’s Fireproof Storage Warehouse, Yonkers, New York, 2014
Groceries, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 2014
Hotel Gaser / Dick Bros. Racket Store (another name for 5&10 store), Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 2014
St. John The Baptist Society, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 2014
Elk Horn Hotel, Bendersville, Pennsylvania, 2014
Boyd Theatre, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2014
Coca Cola, Butler, Pennsylvania, 2014
Dad’s Root Beer on Barn, Butler, Pennsylvania, 2014
Firestone Tires, Butler, Pennsylvania, 2014
Fisher’s Cleaning & Dyeing Works Est’d 1894, Butler, Pennsylvania, 2014
Coca Cola, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 2014
Columbia Wagon Co., Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2014
David Forey Tobacco Co., Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Farm & Dump Wagons, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Silver Cup Chewing Tobacco / Tub Chewing Tobacco, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Superior Laundry Machinery #2, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Montgomery Ward / Murphy’s, Donora, Pennsylvania, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – North End, Fairmount City, Pennsylvania, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – South End, Fairmount City, Pennsylvania, 2014
Gold Medal Flour, Ford City, Pennsylvania, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco / Walk-Over Shoes, Ford City, Pennsylvania, 2014
Detail
Farmer’s Pride Airport / Manbeck Cut-Up Poultry / Coca Cola, Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, 2014
Reinhart’s – Furniture & Undertaking, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, 2014
Mail Pouch Tobacco / Organs, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 2014
Novelty Stoves Furnaces, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 2014
Bridal Tomato Soup, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 2014
Bridal Tomato Soup / Coca Cola, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 2014
Evening Report / Lebanon Courier, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 2014
Reick’s Ice Cream, Leechburg, Pennsylvania, 2014
Pillsbury’s Best Flour, Leechburg, Pennsylvania, 2014
Sheffield Farms, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 2014
Day Care (No! It can’t be!), McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 2014
Owl Cigar, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 2014
Owl Cigar (wider view), McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 2014
Shirts, Millerstown, Pennsylvania, 2014
Monongahela Republican, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 2014
Hazzard & Son – Printers – Booksellers, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 2014
Strayer Coin Bag Co. – Plant No.2, New Brighton, Pennsylvania, 2014
Ivory Soap, Oil City, Pennsylvania, 2014
Gibson’s Dry Goods, Not[ions] – Ladies Ready To Wear Garments / Mail Pouch Tobacco (very faded), Point Marion, Pennsylvania, 2014
Enhancement
Terminal Lunch, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 2014
New Penn Theatre / Gold Medal, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 2014
Upholstery, Warren, Pennsylvania, 2014
Coca Cola, York, Pennsylvania, 2014
E-A-Co. Flour / Milling Aberdeen Warehouse, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2015
Enhancement #1
Enhancement #2
Occident Feeds – Salt – Oyster Shells – Etc., Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2015
Occident Flour – Costs More – Worth It, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2015
OshKosh B’ Gosh – The World’s Best Overalls – Salmenson’s, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2015
Enhancement
Witte Hardware – Majestic Ranges, Stove, Etc., Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2015
Wrigley’s P. K. Chewing Sweet, Huron, South Dakota, 2014
Wrigley’s P. K. Chewing Sweet / Spiro’s Quick Lunch, Mobridge, South Dakota, 2014
Scotland Community Elevator, Scotland, South Dakota, 2014
Scotland Community Elevator (wide view), Scotland, South Dakota, 2014
Equity Service Co-op, Selby, South Dakota, 2014
Dakota Moline Plow Co. / Dempster Windmills Haystackers, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2014
Sweet’s Chocolates 2014, Garland, Utah, 2014
Forrest Gump Ended His Crosscountry Run At This Point, 1980, Monument Valley, Utah
Lamont City Sign – Nuclear Free Zone, Lamont, Washington, 2014
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