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Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms

109 South 6th Street – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump 1998
© Frank H. Jump 1998

Pomeroy – Livingston Street, Brooklyn 1998

© Frank H. Jump 1998
© Frank H. Jump

Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Abdominal Belts, Artificial Legs…
Elevator Entrance —————>

Pearline Soap – Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1998

© Frank H. Jump 1998
© Frank H. Jump

Pearline for each washing.”

“Meyer Bros. Ship supplies at short notice.”

Nutrine – Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1998

© Frank H. Jump 1998
© Frank H. Jump

Nutrine Middlebrooke Lancaster Beauty Preparations

Passaic Fair

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Other Passaic signs: Passaic Sign Co., General Electric, Unknown School

My Photo of Coca-Cola Ad Used Without Credit – Internet Ethics Lesson #1

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

And they had the nerve to crop it! Apparently, someone wrote to “Apartment Therapy.com” with a problem: She loves fading ads but doesn’t know how to get it on her living-room wall. HELLO! BUY MY ART! And credit me when you use it on your bleeping blog. Read my comments.

North Carolina Tobacco Fading Ad

© Willie Drye
© Willie Drye

“The past is the present in eastern North Carolina.”

Pabst Brewing Co. – Enzo in Youngstown, OH

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa

My partner Vincenzo took these shots on one of our road trips last summer.

General Electric – Passaic, NJ

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

William & Washington Place off Main Avenue

Wes Carr's Dallas Fading Ad

© Wes Carr
© Wes Carr