Ghost Signs: Coca-Cola and D. Bean

A few weeks ago, as we were traveling through Williamsport I thought I spotted a ghost sign. We were not able to stop at the time, but on a later date, made the time to explore the area.

Site of the demolition, which revealed the sign on the building to the far right.
Panorama shot by trueindigo.

Double ghost signs — top and bottom

Above the Coca-Cola sign

Coca-Cola

Click on the image to enlarge, and see the painted inscription
roughly in the center of the tarred area:
D BEAN
APR. 30  23

Reckitt’s Blue, Ultramarine, and Deep Space

via scoutingNY.com and fading ad blog

The Great Hall 

ScoutingNY recently had a post on “The Most Amazing Room In Queens” which featured The Great Hall at the New York Hall of Science which was designed to give visitors the illusion of being in deep space.

Frank Jump’s ghost sign image

A few days earlier, Frank Jump posted “Reflections on the Color Blue” which gives the RGB and CMYK breakdowns of Reckitt’s Blue from a ghost sign. He wrote about this Ultramarine Blue here earlier.

Two of my favorite sites online, exploring one of my favorite colors; amazing.

Ghost Sign: Idwall Parry Printing

I wasn’t entirely sure of the name of the printer on this ghost sign, so I Googled “Idwall Parry + Scranton” and had it confirmed by this blog post by Frank H. Jump.

A couple of other images I captured can be found here and here. Frank H. Jump’s Fading Ad blog can be found here. More of his Scranton images here, and this interesting post on Scranton’s Capitol Pressing Plant.