American Ghosts
Painted by people who called themselves “Wall Dogs”, ghost signs or painted brick ads, once covered almost every available brick wall in cities and towns across the United States. They advertised tobacco, soft drinks, alcohol, patent medicines, shoes – anything and everything. Starting in 2009, Dr. Ken Jones has photographed over 7000 ghost signs in over 4000 cities and towns in 48 states. He photographs the signs in ‘high resolution” – mosaicking dozens to hundreds of indi
