Abandoned buildings; Printing industry; Buildings; Brick wall signs; Electric signs
Address: 18th and Portland Ave., Louisville, Kentucky. Portland Printing advertises their Reduced & Enlarged Copies, as well as a Fax Service. A Neon "OPEN" sign appears in the window to the left of the ghost sign.
Address: 1153 Logan Street, Louisville, KY 40204. Side of building features new painted sign for Smoketown USA. Older ghost sign advertises the Feed and Seed store that occupied the building beginning in 1862.
Address: 1153 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Partially legible ghost sign on side of brick building includes the address ("1153") and the word "groceries." A newer painted sign contains a cartoon picture of a dancing man, a...
Address: Shelby Street and Ash Street, Louisville, KY 40217. Back of the Goss Avenue Antiques & Interiors. Ghost sign may be from the Serta manufactures that were there before Goss Antiques acquired the building. "Slip covering",...
Address: 916 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of The Outlook Inn. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Falls City Beer, and Bud Light signs hang from exterior. Ghost Sign on Christy Street side of building is illegible.
Address: 916 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of The Outlook Inn. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Falls City Beer and Bud Light signs hang from exterior. "Grocery" can still be seen on ghost sign on side of building.
Address: 916 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of The Outlook Inn. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Falls City Beer and Bud Light signs hang from exterior. Ghost sign on front exterior of building reads, "J. Hoffmann & Son Highland Grocery."
Address: 1386 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A current sign advertising Headliner's Music Hall is covering the ghost sign which is completely illegible. The sign itself has a diamond shape and was a white sign with a green border.
Address: 2532 South Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. South side view of the Whirlaway Inn, with ghost signs reading "Whirlaway Beer Depot / Low Competitive Prices / Whiskey by the drink," accompanied by a profile...
Address: 2532 South Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. North side view of the Whirlaway Inn, with ghost signs reading "It's one of a bourbon Kentucky Tavern" and "Klotter's Fall City Amusement Co. Depot Service...
Address: 2532 S. Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign hanging from the storefront advertises "Whiskey by the drink Frosted Mugs" and "Budweiser King of Beers." Ghost signs on brick wall at side of...
Address: 2532 S. Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign hanging from the storefront advertises "Whiskey by the drink Frosted Mugs" and "Budweiser King of Beers." Ghost signs on brick wall at side of...
The Ghost Signs of Louisville collection emerged from a partnership between the University of Louisville Libraries and Fine Arts department. Students in a fall 2011 Documentary Photography class and Libraries employees documented these fading...
Address: Story Ave., Louisville, KY. View of building with a ghost sign that reads "Kirchner's Cafe" on side. This sign seems to overlap other ghost signs that are now unreadable.
Address: 129 South 6th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of building's south-facing wall from Market Street between 5th Street and 6th Street. Ghost sign reads "F. S. Schardein & Sons. 129 S. 6th St. Remodeling Repairing Bardes Coal...
