Three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Ghost Signs – NY/PA
These three Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco ghost signs are all within a radius of about 20 miles of one another. If you happen to be out ghost hunting, here are three pins for your...
Category: Ghost Signs
Ghost Sign: Bull Durham, Mail Pouch, Crown Gasoline, and Polarine – Augusta, Kentucky
This multilayered ghost sign on Elizabeth Street in Augusta, Kentucky is one of my favorites that I’ve ever seen. There are so many interesting little details that can be picked out. Some of the...
Ivory Soap Ghost Sign – Millville, New Jersey
When it comes to vintage advertising, some people are opposed to restoration that “muralizes” the original piece. This Ivory Soap ghost sign was restored first in 1996, and again 2025. I’m on the fence...
The Techniflex Ghost Sign – Port Jervis, NY
The rusty orange color, the fading logo and tag line? These things make for an irresistible stop for me when I’m out bumming around. This building on Jersey Ave in Port Jervis, New York...
Ghost Sign: Kaufmann’s Department Store – Donora, Pennsylvania
This weekend, I caught the first episode of a new show on HBO Max called The Last Wright. “A mother and daughter team take on the task of building Riverrock, a home based on...
Tuxedo Tobacco Ghost Sign – Lafollette, Tennessee
Get a load of this ghost sign, huh? Tuxedo Tobacco is a new to me brand. This is the first time I’ve encountered it. As best as I can tell from searching around is...
Cubanola Cigar & Ceresota Flour Ghost Sign Combo – Montrose, Pennsylvania
Though most of the coloring is gone and what we’re left with is a very faded wisp of a ghost, the unmistakable block lettering banner and the faintest hint of blue of Cubanola Cigar...
Battle Ax Plug Tobacco Ghost Sign – Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville, Ohio, a city on the Ohio River and birthplace of Rat Pack legend Dean Martin, is known as the City of Murals. There are over 25 of them scattered about town. But what...
Winter Wandering: Two Mail Pouch Ghost Signs – Lisbon, Ohio
This winter I’ve made it a point to not languish at home and to get out and do some roadtripping. Even though everything here on the east coast is freezing cold, salty, and snowy,...
Ghost Sign: Day & Night Tobacco – Lancaster, Pa.
A pin for this location on Seymour Street in Lancaster, Pa. has been on my Google map for a few years now. I’m not sure how I became aware of this ghost sign. Day...
Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Ghost Sign – Sayre, Pennsylvania
This Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco ghost sign on the side of the Angry Burrito in Sayre, Pennsylvania is hanging on for dear life. Though it is quite faded it’s still a beautiful sight. Don’t...
Epic Ghost Sign Photo Post
Take a stroll through a downtown, and you might just find yourself transported to another era by the faded letters and graphics of a ghost sign. These vintage advertisements, often painted directly onto brick...
Warner’s Macaroni Barn Advertising – New York
What was Warner’s Macaroni? While researching this weathered old advertising barn I’d seen, I inadvertently fell down a macaroni shaped rabbit hole. It’s funny how that happens when you try to find out more...
Ivory Soap Cubanola Cigar Double Ghost Sign – Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
Traveling through central Pennsylvania towns, I felt a sense of anemoia wash over me. Anemoia, a term coined by John Koenig in his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, is defined as “a pang of nostalgia...
Mail Pouch Tobacco Ghost Sign – Ford City, Pennsylvania
This restored Mail Pouch Tobacco wall ad in Ford City, Pennsylvania sure is a looker. It is clear that love and care went in to making it vibrant once again. There is so much...
Mail Pouch Tobacco: Bloch Brothers Tobacco Works – Wheeling, West Virginia
On Thursday morning, I stood outside of the old Bloch Bothers Mail Pouch Tobacco factory in Wheeling, West Virginia waiting for the sun to rise. The Ohio River, silently snaked behind me while I...
Giant Chicken Army – Liberty, New York Edition
Throughout the fall, winter and the cold parts of spring, I spent a lot more time driving than I did riding. Putting the heat vents on your feet, wearing gloves and a hat make...
Motorcycle Drive-by: Ghost Signs
When I am out exploring the world on my motorcycle, Ghost Signs are some of my favorite sights. Their nostalgic nod to a bygone era fills me with a sense of innocence and direct...
Photo: Coca-Cola Ghost Sign – Richmond, Virginia
While traveling through the city of Richmond, Virginia I saw this beautiful multi-layered Coca-Cola ghost sign. The city of Richmond, Virginia is one of America’s oldest cities. It is the home to an incredibly...
Better Hurry – These Newburgh Ghost Signs Won’t Last Forever!
Motorcycles make it so easy to hunt for ghost signs. Pictures from Newburgh, New York.
