It's been awhile since I photographed this ghost sign downtown. The last time was on a bleak day too. The building remains in place, as does the faded sign, a century ago after his time. Mr. Snider operated a photography studio in this building in the 1890s.
Well, he made that to last! Photographers want to be immortal, don't we?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece of history! Some day it might be gone, so I'm glad you have it's portrait.
ReplyDeleteEvery city has its old things that have not been cleared thankfully. So give us a better idea of how it was before.
ReplyDeleteTomás.
I love a good ghost sign. Nice to see this one is sticking around.
ReplyDeleteHow cool that his sign lives on!
ReplyDeleteA century. Wow! I betcha that advertisement was worth whatever he paid for it. :-)
ReplyDeleteWould love to see inside a photographer's studio back then William, real talent needed to take a good shot back then oui!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great sign!
ReplyDeleteOh, cool !
ReplyDeleteThat is nice those old fading signs on the walls. that's the way they had to make advertisements long ago. How the world has changed!
ReplyDeleteHanging around. Maybe it's trying to tell us something. Never quit?
ReplyDeleteGreat one!
ReplyDeleteawesome!
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the signs painted on old buildings. Obviously some of them last a long time. Some of them were very large.
ReplyDelete@Linda: that we do!
ReplyDelete@Betty: the fact that it's endured this long surprises me.
@Tomas: it does, fortunately.
@Halcyon: there's another one a few blocks away I should photograph, an old grocer's shop converted back into a house.
@Tamera: it's certainly outlived him.
@Revrunner: definitely.
@Grace: it would have been quite elaborate.
@Denise: I do think so.
@Karl: thanks!
@Marianne: it really has.
@Birdman: a good message.
@Luis: I do think so.
@Tex: thank you!
@Red: this one's at least six feet tall, and wider.
I really do enjoy these old building signs, and try to think about how things used to be.
ReplyDeleteI Googled him and didn't find much except that he was in business there in the 1890's. That ghost sign has been there a very long time.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, William, I like this old sign, I hope it will last for some time to come.
ReplyDeleteI really like finds like this. Old history that often gets painted over or torn down.
ReplyDeleteI love this image. Good eye, you have.
ReplyDeleteThat is more than a century old? I hope they will preserve it!
ReplyDeleteI love ghost signs!!!
ReplyDeleteI love old signs ! Find a photo of him and ghost it in the photo with his sign that would be cool ! Hubs here likes to ghost some of his images looks amazing ! Thanks for sharing , Have a good day !
ReplyDeleteI enjoy looking at these old ghost signs. This one is still in pretty good shape.
ReplyDeleteLiving history, I like it!
ReplyDeleteI love ghost signs. Great find, William.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of those in St. Louis, too.
ReplyDeleteOh, I do hope it doesn't get painted over.
ReplyDeleteJane x
Awesome, love this!
ReplyDeleteoh wow Ghost town sign. I know many business's cannot make it. Sad but true enough.And the signs blow in the wind.
ReplyDeleteHow neat that his sign is still there! Gone but not forgotten!
ReplyDeletethat is neat that the people kept the sign on the building.
ReplyDeleteI love a good Ghost Sign! Nice one.
ReplyDelete@Linda: it certainly does feel of that era.
ReplyDelete@Sharon: there's not a lot, but he was there some years. There were quite a number of photographers in this city in that era.
@Jan: whatever paint was originally used, is long enduring.
@Pamela: that is often its fate.
@Whisk: I see that sign often enough, and it appeals to me.
@VP: if they ever tear down the building, I expect there'll be people wanting the sign preserved in some capacity, but the building seems well in use.
@Jackie: so do I.
@Country Gal: that's a good idea!
@Lowell: it's stood up to a century plus of Ottawa weather, and still looks well.
@Peter: so do I.
@Marleen: thanks!
ReplyDelete@Norma: there aren't that many of them here.
@Jane and Chris: I suspect there would be outrage if it happened.
@Linda: thanks!
@Carolann: it's good that the building's still standing after all these decades.
@Cheryl: it's certainly outlived him. I suppose he still has descendants. I wonder if any of them know about it.
@Gill: I certainly do think so.
@RedPat: thank you!
My guess is that it is regularly "touched up", William.
ReplyDeletei googled the man but found little bio information on him but lots of comments on the sign!
ReplyDeletei love signs like this on the buildings. we always see Coke or even Pepsi ... wish they did them this day and age. i guess it is a time of the past though. ( :
ReplyDeleteI love that photo of the old building. I wonder if the ghost of Mr. Snider still wanders there and what he would think of the "selfies" shot today.
ReplyDeletebeautiful garden of poppies. For Anzac day, we made the bigget poppy in the world, a football field size.
ReplyDeleteThat sign has weathered well! Even a little bit of flourish still shows. I'd be curious to see some of the man's work. (In that age I assume it was a man.)
ReplyDeleteI like these old painted signs.
ReplyDeleteCool! I do love the old signs!
ReplyDeleteWell you know I appreciate this. These signs are one of my favorite subjects.
ReplyDeletegood to see this kept
ReplyDeletePhotographer, a job I feel people often don't understand and has changed and (excuse the pun) developed into something else. Love the sign, a nod to the past.
ReplyDelete@Julie: that might be.
ReplyDelete@Kate: that is the case.
@Beth: true.
@Mari: you'd wonder.
@Anne: thank you.
@Kay: it was. There's a historical panel now around a nearby utility box with a view of it.
ReplyDelete@Randy: this one is a good one.
@EG: so do I.
@Stuart: me too.
@Peter: it was worth preserving.
@Jane: I love it too.