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Friday, October 14, 2022

A Double Ghost Sign in Concord, New Hampshire - Funny Friday




This is a double ghost sign.  You can see an advertisement for Coca Cola, and also a taller advertisement for Gold Medal Flour.  I can't tell which one is older.  Both are visible heading south on Main Street, to the left, south of the New Hampshire State Capital Building.  I've been noticing many ghost signs in the Manchester, New Hampshire area - perhaps I will feature more in upcoming blog posts. 

A ghost sign is an old hand painted advertisement on the side of a building, usually faded but still legible. They are also known as "fading ads".  You can find them on brick buildings or on the sides of barns.  

For the truly curious: 

The Ephemera Society of America, ghost sign page:    https://www.ephemerasociety.org/ghost-signs/  

The Ghost Signs Facebook page (mostly UK):    https://www.facebook.com/ghostsigns/   

The San Francisco Ghost Sign Mapping Project:  https://sfghostsigns.com/  

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Double Ghost Sign in Concord, New Hampshire - Funny Friday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 14, 2022, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-double-ghost-sign-in-concord-new.html: accessed [access date]). 

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