Fading Ads Of St Louis

Author : Wm. Stage
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625847114
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of St. Louis written by Wm. Stage and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the billboard, radio or television commercial, there was the painted ad. Today, these aging ads capture the imagination, harkening back to a bygone era. Vanishing paint on brick walls speaks to a time when commerce was much simpler and much more direct. Few cities in America have produced as many intriguing fading ads as St. Louis. Fewer still are home to such an expert on the subject as author Wm. Stage. For decades, Stage has studied and researched the lost art form of the painted ad, carefully tracking the history of this hands-on approach to advertising from its lustrous heyday to its disappearing present. Join Stage on a tour through St. Louis's fading ads hidden in plain sight.

Author : Stefan Schutt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317389131
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advertising and Public Memory written by Stefan Schutt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first scholarly collection to examine the social and cultural aspects on the worldwide interest in the faded remains of advertising signage (popularly known as ‘ghost signs’). Contributors to this volume examine the complex relationships between the signs and those who commissioned them, painted them, viewed them and view them today. Topics covered include cultural memory, urban change, modernity and belonging, local history and place-making, the crowd-sourced use of online mobile and social media to document and share digital artefacts, ‘retro’ design and the resurgence in interest in the handmade. The book is international and interdisciplinary, combining academic analysis and critical input from practitioners and researchers in areas such as cultural studies, destination marketing, heritage advertising, design, social history and commercial archaeology.

Author : Ronny Salerno
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625856504
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Cincinnati written by Ronny Salerno and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden down alleyways, on street corners or on the bricks above the cityscape, Cincinnati's fading advertisements hide in plain sight. These ghost signs still tout their wares and services, remnants of a bygone era. Each sign has a vivid story behind it unique to its era, product and craftsmanship. "Wall dogs" like sign artist Gus Holthaus left their marks on the city. A sign for the Beehive, the club and restaurant at the top of the arena, reminds residents of Cincinnati's pro hockey team, the Stingers. Not many can remember "the Other Place," but a hand-painted advertisement still adorns a city wall. Join author and photographer Ronny Salerno for a tour of Cincinnati's vanishing signs and their intriguing history.

Author : Jay Grammond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439674205
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of the Twin Cities written by Jay Grammond and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On brick buildings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, overlooked, fleeting symbols chronicle the cities' past. Champion, John Deere, and International Harvester still tout their agricultural equipment, and Gold Medal and Pillsbury Flour remind everyone where these now global companies began. Weathered proclamations from Grain Belt, Jacob Schmidt, and Gluek's Beer offer a glimpse into early local brewing. Ads from Schmitt Music and Dahl Violin Shop recall a thriving art scene. Local hardware stores like Welna Ace Hardware and grocery stores like J.H. Allen & Co Grocers and Schoen's Home Grocery hawk long-gone wares through elegant painted announcements. Join photographer and author Jay Grammond for a fascinating journey through Twin Cities history.

Author : Charles Buchanan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237603
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Birmingham written by Charles Buchanan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fading advertisements on the walls of Birmingham's buildings paint an illuminating picture of the men and women who built an industrial boomtown in the first half of the twentieth century. Advertising expert, artist and writer Charles Buchanan unravels the mysteries behind Birmingham's ghost signs to reveal glimpses of the past now hidden in plain sight. Featuring stunning color photography by Birmingham native Jonathan Purvis.

Author : Frank Jump
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841442
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of New York City written by Frank Jump and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City is eternally evolving. From its iconic skyline to its side alleys, the new is perpetually being built on the debris of the past. But a movement to preserve the city’s vanishing landscapes has emerged. For nearly twenty years, Frank Jump has been documenting the fading ads that are visible, but less often seen, all over New York. Disappearing from the sides of buildings or hidden by new construction, these signs are remnants of lost eras of New York’s life. They weave together the city’s unique history, culture, environment and society and tell the stories of the businesses, places and people whose lives transpired among them — the story of New York itself. This photo-documentary is also a study of time and space, of mortality and living, as Jump’s campaign to capture the ads mirrors his own struggle with HIV. Experience the ads — shot with vintage Kodachrome film — and the meaning they carry through acclaimed photographer and urban documentarian Frank Jump’s lens.

Author : Adam Levin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141984
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Milwaukee written by Adam Levin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Across the city, fading advertisements and ghost signs tell the story of Milwaukee as it was in years gone by ... Join Milwaukee native and ghost sign hunter Adam Levin as he explores the national brands and local shops of the Cream City's past"--Back cover.

Author : Lawrence O'Toole
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237719
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Philadelphia written by Lawrence O'Toole and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia's faded ads are history in plain sight. They are tangible remnants of changing neighborhoods and industries, and Fading Ads of Philadelphia presents a new way to view these forgotten urban stories. Join author and photographer Lawrence O'Toole as he explores these physical touchstones of the city's history--a sign for a bygone family business seen only from the elevated train tracks, the Gretz smokestack advertising the now defunct Kensington brewery and an ad for the Midtown Theater that is slowly reappearing from behind layers of whitewash. O'Toole re-creates this lost urban landscape as he hunts signs from Center City to the River Wards and from South Philadelphia to West Philadelphia. Through this stunningly illustrated book, urbanites will again view these too often overlooked ads--and their stories--with fresh eyes.

Author : Joseph Marlin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141283
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Chicago written by Joseph Marlin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the Cheshire Cat, much of Chicago's history fades away while perched in plain sight. For more than a century, the brick walls of the city served as a ready canvas for advertisements that married artistic experimentation and commercial endeavor. Intrepid painters planted signs for horseshoers and Hamlin's Wizard Oil in places where they would outlast the way of life they represented. Since author Joseph Marlin began documenting the city's advertisements more than thirty years ago, many of them have completely vanished beneath the onslaught of blizzard and bulldozer. From national brands to mom-and-pop shops, his collection offers the last glimpse of a bygone era.

Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467138770
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fading Ads of Detroit written by Robert C. Allen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Detroit, fleeting symbols of the past hide in plain sight, behind weeds and under veneers of paint. Demolishing a vacant building among empty storefronts on the west side uncovered the telltale gold and green of a Vernors Ginger Ale sign, preserved almost as vibrantly as the artist intended. In faded red, white and blue, Mac-O-Lac Paint makes an expired pitch to passersby on Gratiot near Eastern Market. On the east side, Mohawk Rock and Rye still declares itself the "World's Finest " Carhartt, Stroh's and Faygo appear in odd, deserted places. Detroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen sifts through these advertising fossils, exposing the gripping stories connected to the Motor City's historic rises, falls and eccentricities.