Ghost Walls and other murals Photo Gallery by Waynecam at pbase.com

Ghost Walls and other murals

Many of the signs in this gallery are what are called "Ghost Signs". Although many of these signs have now faded into oblivion, many are still visible. The term "ghost sign" has many layers like many of the signs themselves. The products they advertize are usually dead or defunct. They reappear or "materialize" after a rain and they sometimes appear after a fire or storm exposes a wall long hidden by another structure. The sign painters were known as "Wall Dogs" "Privilege signs were painted gratis in exchange for wall space and store owners were proud to have their names professionally done. Saloon walls sported tobacco and beer ads while grocer's walls tended toward staples. Soft drink signs lived in both worlds. My information says that when they were new, ghost signs were landmarks for pedestrians. FOOTNOTE: This information was taken from the web site www.texasescapes.com/signs/GhostSigns in Texas.htm.
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Elgin, TX	Photographed in Elgin, TX	Photographed in Elgin, TX
Spotted in Hutto, Texas	Pflugerville, TX mural (9/4/22)	Mural at the Kalahari water Park, Round rock, TX.
Photographed in Taylor, TX	Photographed in Round Rock, Tx	Small town Texas (7/1/22)
Wall Art	Taylor, Texas	Todays effort. A two shot panorama of the mural on the Motor Man Garage, Round Rock, TX (1/28)
Mural with window.	Abstract wall with one section rigged to look like the shape of Texas.	Georgetown, TX
Round Rock City Hall mural., Round Rock, TX	Photographed in Georgetown, Texas (7/5)	"hands, touching hands" from Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.
Seen in Georgetown, TX	Photographed in an alley behind a row of retail shops	Mural on the wall of Schlotzsky's restaurant in Round Rock,, Texas
Giddings, Texas	"Cowboys Getting Mail: . On the interior wall of the Giddings, Texas Post Office	Smithville Tigers, Amithvuille, TX
Smithville, TX	Old and new forms of transportaion, Smithville, TX	Spotted in Smithville, TX
Horse and Buggy, Smithville, TX	Abstract wall, Smithville, TX	Seen in Pflugerville, TX
At 4th and Main	Ghost Wall, Herty Real Estate, Farms and City Property, Bartlett, Texas	A new Georgetown Mural on the side of Gus's drugstore.
The artist, Sarah Blankenship, who designed this mural.	Spotted in Elgin, Texas	Photographed in Henderson, TX
Seen in Jacksonville, TX	Jacksonville, TX	A tribute to Cindy Walker, country music star, Mexia, TX
Seymour, MO	Seen in Seymour, MO	Seen at the RV Express RV park, Springfield, MO
Seen at the RV Express RV park, Springfield, MO	The City of Billings, MO	:: New Braunfels, TX Murals A Gallery ::
:: Recent Austin Mural Gallery ::	On Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX	Lamar Street, Austin, TX
:: Manor Murals ::	:: Signage ::	Bailey's Harbor, WI
Photographed in Oakdale, LA	Seen in Austin, TX	This mural is painted on the side of a theater in Port Lavaca, Texas
Seen in Port O'connor, Texas	Seen in Flatonia, TX	Love Motor Company White Sale, Lampasas Texas
Texas Trading Company mural	Music mural, Lampasas	Welcome to Lampasas
Armed Forces Mural, Lampasas, TX	Good eatin in Lampasis , TX	Hunting Country
No explanation needed		Ful- O- Pep in George West, Texas
Luling, an oil town.	Seen on RM 2222, Austin, TX	This mural was found on the rear wall of the Hobo Junction Restaurant in Liberty Hill, TX. It sits next to the local railroad
	Baird, TX	:: Austin Murals ::
Post card perfect in Quitaque (Kitty-Kway), Texas	Patriot country? in Texas?	Go Panthers
This mural and the next four were found in Jennings, LA	Jennings 2	Jennings 3
Jennings 4	Jennings 5	Coffee Shop Mural, Foley, AL.
The other side of Foleys Coffee Shop	Murals were painted on two sides of this building in Montana	A clever mural on the back of the Sultan, WA Post Office.
A second Sultan mural	A Galveston, TX ghost wall.	The Galveston, TX Coke wall
Spotted in Georgetown, TX	Seen in Austin,TX	The "Tejas" Mural defaced by Graffitti-2013
Austintatious Mural	An Austin Texas Mural. "Besomebody"	Logansport, IN Iron Horse mural (Circa 2004)
Photographed in Crawfordsville, IN	Seen in Crawfordsville, IN	You can see this wall in Lyons, IN
At one time you could buy this custom made shirt in Vincennes, IN for $.95	L.A. Wise does business in Vincennes, IN	Photographed in Vincennes, IN. Are you old enough to remember Red Skelton?
Hopkinsvile, KY wall one	Hopkinsville, KY wall 2	The Sunflower Flour Company, Hopkinsville, KY
Clarksburg, TN	Somewhere in Mississippi	One of my favorites in Vicksburg, MS
Seen in Port Gibson, MS	Seen in Alexandria, LA	DeQuincy, LA


An Elkhart, IN mural	I saw this mural in Grand Haven, MI	A Muskegan mural
The Funky Farm mural in Muskegan, MI	From Muskegan, MI	Cross City, MI
	You can find this mural in Escanaba, MI	A half shell in Norway MI sports this mural.
Norway, MI	Sweeeet!!	Hey Culligan man
A Tekahma wall mural.
The postcard mural	Threadgills restaurant	You can see this wall art in Thorndale, TX
One would hope that all our bakerys are "sanitary".	Photographed in Cameron, TX	Spotted in Tarpon Springs, FL
A painted wall in Quincy, FL	A Coke wall in Quincy, FL	A true "Ghost Wall" in Amherst, TX
Shawnee, OK. This wall mural comes alive in HDR processing	A Shawnee, OK Mural
The Davis, OK Wall	An Ardmore, OK ghost wall	Seen in Austin, Texas
This mural and the adjacent one were two walls at right angles to each other.	This wall was adjacent to the previous image.	You can see this mural in Arcadia, FL.
:: tarpon_springs_fl ::	In the City of Abbeville. LA	A mural in Gueydan, LA, the self proclaimed "Duck Capital of the World."
:: The Murals of Sour Lake, Texas ::		This wall of murals can be found in Tunica, MS
This nostalgic wall is in Corsicana, TX	:: Marlin, TX ::	Apparently this store still sells Coke for $.05
:: Murals in Canton, TX ::	:: The Murals of Lufkin, TX ::	I found this wall in Rusk, TX
DeQuincy, Louisiana	:: The Murals of DeRidder, LA ::	Jasper, TX
:: Winnsboro, LA ::	This mural was photographed in Marksville, LA	Seen in Mansura, LA
Seen in Logansport, LA.	:: Marshall Texas Murals ::	:: Palestine, Texas ::
"Retro Cool"	Seen in Trinidad, TX	:: smithville_tx_walls_ ::
Post, TX	Seen in....	Photo taken in Mountainair, NM
Seen in Mountainair, NM	Photographed in Flagstaff, AZ	Seen outside the Holbrook, AZ visitors center
Seen in Winslow AZ	Winslow AZ welcomes you	Seen in Bishop, CA
This mural was photographed in Carson City, CO	:: Barstow, CA Murals ::	:: The Walls of Ely, NV ::
A clever painting of an indian adobe dwelling on a building facade in Cortez, CO.	:: The walls of Montrose, CO ::	Seen in Chama, NM
Photographed in Creede Colorado	Wall mural photographed in Taos, NM	:: Walls in Las Vegas, NM ::
Seen in Clovis, NM	:: Fort Sumner, NM Murals ::	Seen in Slaton, TX
Photographed in Littlefield, TX	Photographed in Muleshoe, TX	Seen in Menard, TX
Photographed in Bronte, TX.	Superman lives in Texas!	Photographed in Clovis, NM
Actually, I have no idea where I took this picture!!	Photographed in Bellville, TX	"Stagecoach Road", Photographed in Seguin, Tx
Seen on the front of the Chopped and Diced custom shop in Seguin, TX	The Horsemen, Cameron, TX	This wall can be found in Brady, TX
Seen in Brady, TX	Photographed in Baird, TX, just outside Abilene.	Another baird. TX wall painting.
:: walls_in_cisco_tx ::	:: rising_star_tx_walls ::	:: Murals in San Angelo, TX ::
:: walls_in_olney_tx_ ::	Seen in Haskell, TX	Taken in Stamford, TX. Where the sky becomes part of the wall.
Seen in Stamford, TX	A Ghost Sign photographed in Stamford, TX	Seen in Anson, TX
Photographed in Abilene, TX on the wall of the Beehive Resteraunt and Bar	The wall of the 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Abilene, TX	Photgraphed in San Angelo, TX
Photographed in Teague, TX	Seen in Austin, TX	Photographed in Austin, TX
Seen in Austin, TX	Photo from Georgetown, TX	The McGregor Centennial Wall
Image made in McGregor TX	A barn mural near Maxdale, TX	Photographed in McGregor, TX
Photographed in Hamilton, TX	The Valley Mills Chief of Police standing beside a fire truck mural.	Valley Mills, TX
This mural is painted on the side wall of the Kemp-fire Barbecue in Kempner, TX.	A wall of neon signs for sale, Wimberly, TX	Seen in Hutto, TX
The Hutto Chamber of Commerce Building, Hutto, TX	Hamburger anyone? Taylor, Tx	Drink Dr Pepper. Taylor, Tx
A Coca Cola and all purpose store sign in Cameron, TX	Image made in Rogers, TX.	Boot Roundup
Aquarium	Photographed in Starke, FL	Photographed in Dothan, AL
Seen in Dothan, AL	Shot in Dothan, AL	Photographed in Dothan, AL
Photographed in Andalusia, AL	Shot in Andalusia, AL	Photographed in Enterprise, AL
Enterprise, AL	Seen in Daleville, AL	From Hattiesburg, MS
Photographed in Hattiesburg, MS	Photographed in Gulfport, MS	Photographed in Fort Pierce. FL
Seen in Fort Pierce, FL	Photographed in McComb, MS	Photographed in Eunice, Louisiana
Photo made in Hattesburg, MS	Photographed at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL	Detail of the Bertram TX wall
Bertram, Texas	Cuero, TX	Cuero, TX
Cuero, TX	Cuero, TX	Nixon TX, 1906.
Beeville, Texas	Belton, TX	Temple, TX
:: walls_in_ingram_tx ::	Git along little dogie, git along.	Get your saddle here. Hutto, TX
Seen in the small Texas Town of Pflugerville.	Bartlett, TX	Seen in Bartlett, TX. Since 1893.
The side of an old auto repair shop in Round Rock, TX.	Bryan, TX	Kileen, TX. 2008
Seen in Kileen, TX on the Edward Jones investment firm building	Lockhart, TX, 2008	Seen In Lockhart TX
Good place to stay (or used to be)	Not Starbucks	Seen in Johnson City, TX
This wall as seen in Cameron, TX	Seen in Kingsland, TX	Thorndale, TX
5/11/08 Giddings, TX	5/11/08 Giddings, TX	01/12/08, Jennings, LA
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giselle borgwardt		09-Jan-2018 01:10
Eyes betraying, mind enchanting! Phantastic gallery!

Long Bach Nguyen		09-May-2016 03:41
fabulous collection and wonderful

Jean-Claude Liehn		26-Jul-2014 03:02
So many interesting old ads. A great collection indeed. Congratulations.

Gary Hebert		15-Jul-2013 21:06
Gorgeous growing collection Wayne and really enjoyed the info... good to see your work and all the best... Gary

John Troesser		26-Feb-2011 01:36
By far, the best collection of Texas murals I have seen. We don't have nearly as many and we have several volunteer photographers. Many of these places are obscure little towns and some of the murals are in alleys. My hat is off to you, Wayne, I know you sweated to amass this collection. Well done! John Troesser, Editor at Texas Escapes I believe you have the Eunice, Louisiana mural listed as Eunice, Texas and a Bartlett mural as being in Granger, but that's small potatoes for such a large feast.

Fay Stout		05-May-2010 02:07
All I can say is... WOW! Fantastic gallery! I absolutely love murals and you have captured a wide variety. Fascinating information that I did not know... V.

Long Bach Nguyen		13-Sep-2009 05:20
Very cool murals and nicely presented. Toppenish is another town in eastern Washington has a large wall murals. www.pbase.com/longbachnguyen/toppenish

Milan Vogrin		05-Jun-2009 20:34
Great collection!

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