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Earlier this month I was back in Mazeppa, Minnesota for more workshops with Mike Meyer and Better Letters. This gave me an opportunity to see some of the signs there without the snowy backdrop, and also to spend some time in Minneapolis where there were […]

More Minnesota Ghostsigns…

This entry was posted in Sign Collections and tagged 7-Up Adam Miller Beer Bill Rose Bob Dylan Creamery Garage Gardner Hardware Company Ghostsigns Grain Belt Junk Type Kobra Lerner Publications Mazeppa McDonald Bros Mike Meyer Minneapolis Minnesota MN Recapturist Seaman Paper Shamrock Sign Painting Mecca Soft Drink Sperzel USA on July 21, 2017 by Sam Roberts

Hand-painted lettering on a wall saying 'Furniture Bought, Sold Or' — This is a detail from one of my all-time favourite ghostsigns. It’s on Dulwich Road in South London and already features in the History of Advertising Trust Ghostsigns Archive. I had never actually seen it ‘in the flesh’ so it was a great surprise addition […]

S Errington and some other South London Ghostsigns

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Alcohol Beer Bovril Brixton Chemist Cigarettes Clothing Craven A Dulwich Road Food Furniture Ghostsigns Inch & Co John Lovibond London Mari Boman Our Sons Menswear S Errington Sam Roberts Tobacco on September 22, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Hand-painted sign advertising Asahi beer on side wall of pub — Regular correspondent Ross Corben sent me this newly painted sign for Asahi beer on the side of the Earl of Portobello pub in West London (close up below). It’s an unusual brand for a piece of hand-painted advertising in my opinion, at least in light of the […]

Hand-painted Asahi beer sign at the Earl of Portobello

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Alcohol Asahi Beer Earl of Portobello Modern Brickads Pub Ross Corben on November 24, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Yellow hand painted sign on a wall advertising Meteor beer — Les murs peints s’affichent is a blog written by Philippe Célérier on the topic of ghostsigns in France. He adds updates quite regularly and it is well worth following if you are interested in hand painted signs on buildings from this country which seems to have […]

French ghostsigns blog: Les murs peints s’affichent

This entry was posted in Sign Collections and tagged Alcohol Beer Blog France Les murs peints s'affichent Meteor People Philippe Célérier on July 29, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photo of newly painted sign on Great Western Road, London, W9 — This new hand painted sign on the building housing the Union Tavern was sent to me by regular correspondent Ross Corben. It is advertising the famous Fuller, Smith & Turner brewery from nearby Chiswick and has clearly been produced to have a dated look, in […]

Fuller, Smith & Turner: Chiswick Ales & Stouts

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Alcohol Ale Beer Brewery Chiswick Faux Fuller Smith & Turner Fullers Great Western Road London Received Ross Corben Stout Union Tavern W9 on July 7, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hemmingway Ales gable end ghostsign in Leeds — This wonderful gable end sign for Hemingway’s Ales (Big Ben’s brand) ceased to exist as of 9th March 2011. It was a truly remarkable ghostsign and featured as the backdrop for my interview with John Seargent in the piece broadcast on the One Show. Incidentally […]

Hemingway’s Ales (RIP)

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Alcohol Ale Beer Hemmingway Leeds RIP UK Yorkshire on January 15, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand painted advertising on a building for various motoring brands — Since handing over day-to-day responsibility for the archive to the History of Advertising Trust there has been a steady influx of new material. 49 new signs have been uploaded to the online galleries and this means that c.750 are now documented through the collective efforts […]

49 New Signs

This entry was posted in Sign Collections and tagged AA Alcohol Archive Beer Bookbinder Bovril Coca-Cola Coke Darvill's Drink Furniture Gramophones HAT Household Jewellery Little Miss Barber Motoring Music Pianos Printers Puck Matches RAC Soft Drink Stationery Tea Transport Twinings Vaux on August 5, 2011 by Sam Roberts

Bull Dairies painted sign on wall by Nick Stenning — I received an email this morning from a mural artist with an interest in working to restore/repaint Ghostsigns in the UK. She found me via a great project being run by the London Mural Preservation Society. I started drafting a response and then realised I’ve […]

Fresh lick of paint

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Alcohol Ale Animals Archive Baker Banks's Beer Bile Beans Black & Son Bread Bulls Dairies Cake Coal Coke Corn Dairy Daren Donovan Bros Fish & Chips Food Forage Grocers Health Illustration Isaac Marsh Lime Medicine Melox Clarke's Melox Marvels Merchant Stores Milk Paper Bags Pies Price Tickets Protection Puddings Pulbis Dog Food Restoration Retail Seed Signwriter Stage Wagon Stationery Strong Carrier Bags The Tulketh Transport Travel William Swan on May 7, 2011 by Sam Roberts

Schlitz Beer USA — Click here for some interesting notes on the production of Ghost Signs from the USA Museum of Beer Brewing. It implies that the sign writers (or Wall Dogs in USA) used sheets of paper to create a dotted chalk outline on the wall which they […]

Production Process

This entry was posted in Sign Making and tagged Alcohol Beer Museum of Beer Brewing Production Research Schlitz USA on June 27, 2007 by Sam Roberts