Holyoke, Mass

Holyoke Ghost Signs

by Laurel | March 6th, 2012

I love seeing old commercial signage, faded and difficult to read at times, often called ghost signs.

Holyoke Ghost Signs

3 Responses to “Holyoke Ghost Signs”

Sam Roberts says:

March 7, 2012 at 12:43 am

Lots of these from around the world at http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk
Laurel says:

March 7, 2012 at 8:52 am

Sam, thanks for the link. Many on Flickr as well:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/10285999@N00/
Sam Roberts says:

March 8, 2012 at 8:50 pm

Yes, I have my own Flickr group too at http://www.flickr.com/groups/ghostsigns

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