History!

This Black Bear Brand "ghost" sign from the early 1900's lives on 1st Ave. in Seattle WA.

The United States first became a carnival of signs around the end of the 19th century, when advertising took hold like never before. Back then, there were no rules about signs–where or how big they could be, or how much valuable wall space they were allowed to take up. Commercial buildings, barns, depots, grain silos: any place people gathered or traveled past was fair game.

This Black Bear Brand "ghost" sign from the early 1900's lives on 1st Ave. in Seattle WA.

(in the photo Josh Sirlin is wearing the treasured Black Bear Brand coveralls from 1918!)

captured by: @buckarooshooter