Wymore? Why not?

 

We pulled into Wymore around 7 a.m., so the light

wasn't the best.

But we did notice this on the north end of downtown.

Can't decipher the first two words, but the third

is definitely "PRODUCE."

What we didn't notice was the one next to it.

We'll have to get it next time.

There was plenty more to see anyway.

And we didn't even know there was a 

Welsh Capital of Nebraska.

But here is the piece de resistance:

Conner Saloon?  Corner Saloon?

The Coca-Cola part is undeniable, and the word

CIGAR is partially behind the pole, but 

we wonder if we see Budweiser in there too,

two lines below Saloon.

How about you? What can you pick out?

Fair Bury

When in southeast Nebraska, be sure to visit

Fairbury for all your ghost sign needs.

Driving around with the family, my mother spotted this one.

Coca-Cola on the left, 

what we believe to be Gooch's Best Macaroni in the middle,

and you're on your own for the right.

 

Same building. 

Just above the doors, there's a faint outline of some lettering.

And across the top, at the roofline, we see what we think is

The Morgan Trans-something something something.

And downtown Fairbury held many more surprises

than we were expecting.

Stay tuned.

 

Newport, KY

Found these in May.

They were gone by mid-June.

Wapakoneta

Wapakoneta may be best known as the hometown of Neil Armstrong, but it's also the home to these beauties.

The classic Mail Pouch tobacco sign

Layered with the classic Coca-Cola.

Sold Every Where

And another Mail Pouch tobacco sign just about a block away.

Note at the bottom: "Sweet Smoke" with the window possibly cut over something else.

Could that something be "Cool?"

Mail Pouch is often associated with chewing tobacco, but many of their signs also advertise cigars, and carry the phrase "Cool Sweet Smoke."

I didn't see signatures on either of these signs, but it's entirely possible they were painted by the late Harley Warrick.

Marysville, Kansas

We caught these in another trip out west. 

Along Hwy 36.

A many-layered sign, on the edge of town. We believe there's a Coca-Cola sign in there somewhere.

And not far away, a tobacconist.

There's another sign we just couldn't stop to collect.  But we did find it on Google Street View.

A Walk to Walnut Hills

We became aware of this sign in Walnut Hills recently, and decided to hike up to get a picture.

There's not much legible, other than "measure" and "school."

Along the way we decided to revisit some old favorites, like this one, on Gilbert.

(Note the faint "Finn" above the Ohio Blue Print sign.

Still on Gilbert. Not a sign, but we've featured a few of these alarm boxes before.

On McMillan. Across from the old Kroger. Definitely an old favorite.

We hope as the building is renovated, the developer decides to keep it.

With a photobomb from a more modern eye-catching device.

Note the painted-over chicken.

Probably was a glorious neon sign when it was created.

A very curious building. The doors are marked "men" and "women".

And above that, in the center, there's more lettering we can't quite make out.

If one is going to walk to Walnut Hills, one has to walk back.

We noticed this on the hill on Vine Street.

And it looks a mess, but we're still certain this wall just above Liberty, where Main turns into McMicken, there was a sign here.

Corner Diners

More from Kansas City, and our intrepid Western Field Agents: Ms. D. Walz and Mr. DL Hudson.

Ghost Signs from a Ghost Town

Broadwater, Nebraska. Not technically a ghost town, as 128 people call it home, as of 2010.

Our Western Field Agent, Mr. D.L. Hudson points out the refurbished Coca-Cola sign.

And the Lazy U Motel, a nice little piece of Americana.

More from Montgomery

Part two of our series from our Western (Southern) Field Agent, Mr. D.L. Hudson.

Two iconic signs on the same wall: Coca-Cola and Bull Durham tobacco.

Touched Up

Ms. D. Walz found these in Fort Collins, Colorado, and suggested they may be new.

The good folk at Ghost Signs say it has been touched up, and have the documents to prove it.

This one, however, is a mystery.

Reader Submission

Sent to us by Ms. D. Walz on her most recent trip to Batavia, IL.

She reports her daughter caught this one.  (Teaching the next generation of ghost sign hunters!)

A fake ghost sign, on a modern day Portillo's.  We've seen this before, and don't object to it.