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Gone

Hope you got to see this on a former "barn" just north of the Cincinnati Zoo, because it's gone now, covered up by a mural.

And this one is actually still there, but, new construction at 7th and Broadway has hidden it again.

Streetcar

Note the Fred Lemon signature.  The only reference to him we could find is in the now-famous City Beat article.

On Vine, just north of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

City Barns, a few of which stand today, were where they kept streetcars.

And in this case, those streetcars were horse-drawn.

Mead's Grocery

We got a tip late last week from D.S. Spencer about some recently uncovered ghost signage.

Billboards on the bottom half of this building had been brought down, revealing the sign for Mead's Grocery, at the corner of Vine and Mitchell.

So many of our discoveries lately have been faded beyond recognition, so this find was spectacular.

The top half had been visible for a while, but we still hadn't seen it before.

Barq's signs are rather common around Cincinnati, but this may be the first Tom Collins Jr ad we've seen.

Tom Collins Jr. was locally produced.  But that's about all we know.

Vernor's is still around today.  It was always a favorite of my father.

Many, many thanks go out to D.S. Spencer for the heads up on this treasure!

Reading and Stewart

 

Rose Tavern, Beer & Wine to Carry Out.  Easy to read.  But, slightly above, and beneath the name, there's also the words "This Stop (or Store) Bldg Bathouse".  I have no idea what that means.

Going Farther and Farther Afield

Avondale.  Reading Road, just south of Dana.

I'm actually encouraged by seeing these faded signs in other neighborhoods, because it feels like I've gathered all the low hanging fruit from Downtown and Over-the-Rhine.  It would be a sad day if I captured every painted, faded sign that still exists.