"Bull Durham" was the first great Madison Avenue advertising blitz. The
factories were in Durham, but something as important as advertising
couldn't be left to the local yokels.
From: Chris Mitchell
Both very cool, Chris! Thanks for sharing.
That multi-layered one... the yellow seems to say BULL DURHAM. (I'll
need to have a pint and work on the rest).
: )
Bull Durham (tobacco) did a LOT of building signage apparently:
http://signs.lawrenceotoole.com/2012/04/bull-durham-smoking-tobacco.html
http://unusualkentucky.blogspot.com/2009/09/bull-durham-ghost-sign.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/6674640413/
http://7thstreetnow.blogspot.com/2011/09/ghost-bull-durham-sign-restored.html
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Chris Mitchell
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 30 July 2012 16:41, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
These images are purely documentary, but for those of you who enjoy
"Ghost Signs" here are two examples from the same building in my
home
town. Ghost signs painted on chalk brick (like these) tend to show
up
best when the brick gets wet, and we were fortunate enough to get a
decent rain overnight (finally some moisture!) I drive past this
building on my way to work every day, but the way the signs were
"popping" and the overcast light this morning combined to provide
the
motivation for me to pull over and get them recorded.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7677143598/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7677143294/in/photostream/
For those interested there is also a Flickr group dedicated to Ghost
Signs, which has over 21,000 images:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/10285999@N00/
Thanks for posting Darren. I've always been interested in these.
Here's one in Galena, Illinois which seems to be multi-layered:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena/slides/_IGP2945.html
And here's a fun one in Cockermouth in the English Lake District, not
quite as faded, but disappearing fast. It should be listed by English
Heritage to preserve it:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/LakeDistrict2011_/slides/_IGP8938.html
Chris
Well well! That first link is my Galena building. I must have been half way up
those steps...
Chris
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