Last of the Wisconsins

Our guide, pictured here, on this automotive ghost sign hunt, is Ms. J. Fiesta.

Why seemingly post the same shot twice?  In the first one, the distant ghost sign is visible better.

In the second photo, one can more clearly see the very faded ghost lettering in the upper 

left hand corner. 

Good bye, Milwaukee. And thank you.

A new category for us: politics.

Although one can argue this isn't a ghost sign because 

the Republican Party is still going strong. 

But as we would counter, the name of the blog is Faded Ad Art.

This particular sign is alongside I-94, just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border,

and it's probably not long for the world, as all the trees around 

it have been torn down.

 

Sunday Morning Milwaukee

We normally eschew ghost sign hunting from inside a vehicle

because you end up getting pictures like this.

(We apologize for the reflection, but note

the ghost signs further down the block.)

But we also don't recommend dragging other people along

on your hunt and inconveniencing them with frequent

stops when they have other goals in mind.

Somewhere in Milwaukee, south of the downtown.

 

More Milwaukee

Scattered around Downtown Milwuakee, some are old,

Some not so much.

I'd really like to see what this looked like when it was new.

Gonna guess it probably had something to do with beer.

 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Downtown Milwuakee has the Milwaukee River running through it.

And along that river is a lovely riverwalk.

And the Nelson Brothers jumped right out at us.

It was from the riverwalk we spotted this one too.

Check out the signature: Life Signs.

 

Agents of G.H.O.S.T.

That doesn't stand for anything. It's just that we've been getting more submissions from our field agents than we ourselves have been finding.

These two come to us from Mr. B. Johnson, upon the occasion of his recent trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the marriage of his son.

(We believe this may be the Nelson Bros. building in the former photograph.)