#ghostsign

Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Picturesque 19th Century painted wall in Ballard, Washington, advertising Elgin Watches to be "Guaranteed Without Defects."

L'Hostellerie du Mont Noir nous ramène à l’époque où la pub se peignait à la main. Ici, pas de papier qui se décolle au premier coup de vent. Avec ses lettres gothiques, cette typo inspirée des manuscrits médiévaux promet une touche de tradition et d'authenticité à ce commerce local. Un mur qui ne te racontait pas de salades. Il voulait juste t’envoyer dans un lieu où les histoires se dégustaient autour d’un bon repas, avec un petit verre pour accompagner. Aujourd'hui c'est silence radio. Il reste cette peinture pour nous dire que les bonnes choses ont une fin mais que les souvenirs tiennent bon.

It seems that every American town has at least one good ghostsign. This is a contender for Bryson City, North Carolina.

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More ghostsigns on my blog at https://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/

2237 Dundas Street West - Ghost Sign Exposed (March 30, 2021 at 12:42PM)

Bored with the routine of his freelance illustration and design work London-based Dean Stockton began "pushing a pencil round a piece of paper dreaming up ways to...break the chains holding me to my desk." Adopting the moniker D*face and developing his cast of characters while refining the style he refers to as "aPOPcalyptic" Stockton began his rise to street art and gallery fame 15 years ago. D*face says he's always been fascinated by ghost signs—the faded advertisements of a bygone era—so when invited to participate in Montreal's @MuralFestival in 2016 he replicated those signs with foreground text relating to his family's emigration from Montreal in 1915. This stunning addition to the city's urban landscape is on St Dominique St behind @Station16Gallery  @dface_official/