Detroit

We've just completed a tour of the Great Lakes region, and 

we're happy to report the discovery of many ghost signs.

We have featured this one from our previous trip to 

the Motor City, but this is a better photo.

Many more to come.

 

The best for last

 

Our sharp-eyed friend Ms. J. Fiesta spotted 

this one earlier in the day from a moving car.

We weren't able to catch back up with it

until the evening, and the lighting does

it no favor. Unreadable in daylight too.

Yes, you see the couch and you think to yourself

"Is this indoors?"
It is.

On the second floor of a bar called

"The Social View" we found this.

But is it real?

It certainly looks authentic and a woman at the bar

attested to it, but she had been drinking.

 Polk Sanitary Milk Co. did exist.

We're just a little suspicious because 

of the way the structure is built.

It's hard to explain.

Long time readers will recognize

when we travel and grab a 

lot of ghost signs, we always

save the best for last.

More from Fairbury

 

Much more from Fairbury, actually.

These were unreadable to us, but in staring at them, we noticed something else:

You can still buy Salada Tea today.

Glass ghost signs are a rare treat.

Not a lot readable here...

On the right, we can make out the word Crawford, 

Everyone, and the word cheaper.

And on the left, Paint.

And in the middle bottom... and there's something beneath 

the Steakhouse.

Still much more to come.