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Toronto's Ghost Signs

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A mondoville tweet led me to a fantastic Flickr photoset from Dave Till entitled Toronto ghost signs.

Before the invention of modern billboards, sign painters used to paint advertisements and company names directly onto building walls. These gradually fading painted signs are known as ghost signs.

Here are a few of my favourites.

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See them all at http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/sets/72157594474186564/.

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