Historical Retail of Champaign

 

Can you tell what this one says?

Even with the zoom-in, it's difficult.

Cash

or

Credit

Then there's the Greenman's,

with the old sign sitting atop

something much newer.

Can you tell what this is?

Ms. J. Fiesta had to tell us.

Zooming in to the bottom

for a hint.

How about another angle?

A&P Grocery

(The sign is at 118 E. University.

We don't know where the store was.)

A few more from Indy

We are near the end of our visit to Indianapolis,

and I fear near the end of this blog.

Quality control has gone downhill.

Every entry seems harder to make.

(We read Hotel, but can't make anything

else of it. Although we seem to 

remember reading it clearly in person.)

 

In this one, we see "Taylor Belt,"

and on the second line: "Leather."

New Richmond

 

Thanks to the Clermont County Historical Society,

we didn't have to dig too deep to learn

about this company and building

which is visible from US 52.

"At one time much of the baseball yarns required by the American, National, and minor baseball leagues came from Clasgens."

We particularly appreciated this tidbit,

as we near baseball season.

Final Fairbury

We do appreciate a good mural.

We hope to return to Fairbury, because we're sure there's more signs.

There were traces of a Coca-Cola sign we couldn't quite get because

of the setting sun.

When ghost sign hunting, be sure to prowl a few alleys.

 

St. Louis, part three: Back to Downtown

 

Pants!

We can only imagine how elaborate this was in its heyday.

All of these were found along Washington Avenue

Hats, pants, suits, skirts.

Yes, this was the Garment District.

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.