Hardware Ghost Sign 5349
by Jerry Sodorff
Title
Hardware Ghost Sign 5349
Artist
Jerry Sodorff
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Ghost sign in downtown Denver, Colorado.
A ghost sign (also known as fading ads and brickads) is an old hand-painted advertising signage that has been preserved on a building for an extended period of time.
In many cases these are advertisements painted on brick that remained over time. Old painted advertisements are occasionally discovered upon demolition of later-built adjoining structures. Throughout rural areas, old barn advertisements continue to promote defunct brands and quaint roadside attractions.
Many ghost signs from the 1890s to 1960s are still visible. Such signs were most commonly used in the decades before the Great Depression.
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May 4th, 2015
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