Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms

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Don’t know if it’s still there, but this was on Reid Ave (Malcolm X), just N of Gates Ave in Bed-Stuy. I took it in 1988 – Kevin

Unknown Electrical Supply – East New York Blvd, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

May 12th, 2009

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Across Lincoln Terrace Park © Frank H. Jump

Indecipherable Fading Ad – Flatbush Avenue Extension – Manhattan Bridge Entrance

May 10th, 2009

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Indecipherable Fading Ad – Center Street – Soho, NYC

May 6th, 2009

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My guess is this is a cigarette or cigar ad, although my tweaking with Photoshop hasn’t revealed anything substantial. Still searching the historical photo archives for an earlier shot.

Gold Medal Flour – Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Eston Lee Taylor

Apr 24th, 2009

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Behind Broadway off Bedford under the Williamsburg Bridge © Eston Lee Taylor

Society Smoke…Cigar! Wall Sign Revisited – Theatre District, NYC

Mar 3rd, 2009

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Other Society Smoke Cigar postings before & during adjacent buildings demolition.

Reckitt’s Blue In Hiding – 622 Washington Avenue – Brooklyn

Feb 25th, 2009

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Prospect Heights – © Frank H. Jump

Between this lovely late 19th-century Brooklyn building and this horrific modern architectural eyesore – an ultramarine gem is patiently waiting to be unobscured once again.