Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms

Blue Label Ketchup Vintage Ad – Sunset Magazine – Duke University Digital Archives – OJ Gude Advertising NY

May 28th, 2014

by Frank.

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Sunset Magazine – April 1904 – Vol. XII Page 103

Duke University – CLICK FOR LINK

Blue Label Tomato Ketchup – Duke University Libraries Catalog

Duke University Digital Libraries Catalog – circa 1898 – CLICK FOR LINK

CROPPED – Blue Label Ketchup – Times Square, NYC – Duke University

Sonn Bros. Co Whiskies – Washington & Desbrosses – TriBeCa, NYC

May 15th, 2014

by Frank.

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Previous posting on FAB – Sonn Bros. Company Whiskies – Tribeca, NYC

Jan 11th, 2012

Spring 2014 Fading Ads of TriBeCa Walking Tour!

May 12th, 2014

by Frank.

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What a great day for a fading ads walking tour! Thanks Liz and the DC UrbanExplorers gang! Please share your images! And thanks to Secretary of State John Kerry and the Secret Service for the surprise appearance!

La Grande Soufflé ? La Petite Soufflé ? – Seattle, WA

May 9th, 2014

by Frank.

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34th Street, 4th Street & Stanton Street – For Spaces 717 East 8th Street – Second Avenue – East Harlem, NYC

May 8th, 2014

by Frank.

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The address 717 E 8th Street no longer exists. Damon Campagna said back in December 3, 2012 in a comment on Ephemeral NY’s posting of this fading ad that “Stanton is part of what used to be called the monument district; it’s possible this is an ad for a headstone company.”

Chandler-Ebel Music Co. – Chandler Piano Co – Livingston Street, Brooklyn

May 6th, 2014

by Frank.

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Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences – September 14, 1918 – Google Books

Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences – September 14, 1918 – Google Books

Chandler Piano Co./Chandler-Ebel Music Co., 222 Livingston St., (Telephone: Piano – Main 159; Music – Main 2146)

Bloomingdales – All Cars Transfer to Bloomingdale’s – Chas. H. Fletcher’s – Fletcher’s Castoria – Second Avenue – East Harlem, NYC

May 5th, 2014

by Frank.

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According to Michael J. Lisicky in his book Gimbels Has It (History Press, 2011), Bloomingdale’s was regarded as “the uptown Macy’s” until the 1950s. The well-known slogan “All Cars Transfer to Bloomingdale’s” appealed to a wide range of customers who also shopped at Gimbels and Macy’s. Founded in 1872 by Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale, the “everything to everybody” store started becoming more upscale in 1955 when it started buying higher end fashion items to service the chic clientele of its neighborhood.

BP Motor Spirit Ads – L’Alliance Anvers – Flanders – België – Inventory of Architectural Heritage – Featured Fades

May 1st, 2014

by Frank.

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This site is a realization of Heritage, an agency of the Flemish government that built heritage in Flanders identifies, investigates, protects, manages and promotes access to them.