Going to revive this old thread here since there's a couple of more thoughts I had pop up in my mind after recent observations.
These two can be grouped into heritage preservation I suppose. These being old or vintage signs and "ghost signs", which is the term I had to look up.
Quote:
WHAT’S A GHOST SIGN?
An old hand-painted advertising sign found on the sides of buildings.
Why preserve them?
1. Every one of these signs was hand-painted. When you see how sharp and neat some of them are, it’s amazing what they did by hand and not by stencil.
2. They identify who the building was, who used it, and who was there.
3. It shows you the age of some of these buildings.
London historian Joe O’Neil
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I've seen a couple of ghost signs in the past couple of months in some towns I passed through but can't for the life of me remember which towns. So I'll post some examples from the net, along with vintage signs.
Hamilton:
https://sooniagara.wordpress.com/201.../sign%C2%A012/
Rick Cordeiro
Oakville:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4448...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.travelocity.ca/Oakville-...l-Guide-Hotels
Toronto:
Photo by Donna Leitch.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrix...-31337460@N00/
Pembroke:
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/im...ed644459&gid=3