Last year, I photographed several ghost signs – faded brickads that still promote long-ago products – throughout the Capital District, and later wrote an art book to chronicle them.
Even though the art book is complete, I still keep an eye out for any new ghost signs – well, “new” in that I haven’t seen them before, not “new” as in they were painted last week – and if I have my camera handy, I snag a picture here and there.
I spotted this “ghost sign” a week or so ago in Lowville, about half an hour north of Utica. The Rollei was in the car, so I had to pull over and capture this image.
I knew of at least five Uneeda Biscuit advertisements in the Capital District – three in Troy, one in Schenectady and one in Albany. But the other day, as I’m walking along Remsen Street in Cohoes… well don’tcha know there’s one on a building there, as well! So now I’ve found six of the ubiquitous biscuit advertisements in this area. Nice.
I’m still keeping an eye out for these faded advertisements, and if I see any more, I’ll post them here. It’s kinda cool finding these – just like participating in a scavenger hunt!
Chuck The Writer 
VERY COOL! Great time of year to discuss ghost subjects…wish there was MUCH more of this.
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Nice finds, it looks like the first book in the UK on this subject will soon be published. It will focus on Ghostsigns from the Northwest city of Liverpool.
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I like the Wrigley’s one, see more books, including a new one about New York here: http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/reading
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