{"id":17461,"date":"2017-02-09T19:31:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T00:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=17461"},"modified":"2021-10-27T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:19:34","slug":"ghost-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It adorned a cliff on the Maryland side of the Potomac River across from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JwCUCQhkDtGSXQpy8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). I&#8217;d seen it dozens of times over the years, a constant presence as I toured the town or rode my bike along the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikewashington.org\/canal\/canal_e.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C&amp;O Canal Trail<\/a>. Its smoothed painted surface cracked over the years, the letters faded, and I never could tell exactly what it said from a distance. I&#8217;d seen a Ghost Sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maryland Heights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8914217213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Harpers Ferry Ghost Sign. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of advertising used to be quite common as the 19th Century crossed into the 20th. Nobody thought twice about slapping some pigment on a wall, a barn, or in the case of Harpers Ferry, upon nature itself. This unknown author chose a prime spot on an outcrop known as Maryland Heights, scaling down the precarious ledge to apply his commercial message. Back during the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces both occupied the heights at various times, ringing it with artillery. They wanted to control the highest point of elevation above a key town at a major river confluence. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hafe\/learn\/historyculture\/upload\/mennens-sign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertiser<\/a> claimed those same heights a generation later although for a peaceful purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;From her house on High Street in 1906, Clara Riley watched as sign painters created a huge advertisement, out of a milk and whitewash mixture, on the side of the mountain. Mrs. Riley remembered the year because she was in labor with her first child while the sign was being painted.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>People could see the sign practically everywhere in Harpers Ferry. More importantly, everyone riding a train on a heavily traveled railroad line saw an advertisement for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hafe\/learn\/historyculture\/upload\/mennens-sign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mennen&#8217;s Borated Talcum Toilet Powder<\/a>&#8221; just as they entered a tunnel directly below the sign. That&#8217;s what it said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hafe\/faqs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as I learned<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mennen&#8217;s Borated Talcum Toilet Powder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mennen%27s_Borated_Talcum_Toilet_Powder,_1898.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c0\/Mennen%27s_Borated_Talcum_Toilet_Powder%2C_1898.jpg\" alt=\"Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder, 1898. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently people in an earlier era liked to purchase a tongue-twister of a product called Borated Talcum Toilet Powder. I think it lost some of the superfluous wording later and simply became Talcum Powder. Meanwhile, the Mennen brand continued to exist, now owned by Colgate-Palmolive. In recent years they made a popular deodorant called Mennen Speed Stick. Then in the early 1990&#8217;s they practically sparked an entire musical revolution when they marketed a deodorant to teenage girls called Teen Spirit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smells Like Teen Spirit<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Ghostly Phenomenon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mytravelphotos\/5071729087\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4144\/5071729087_7c023174ec_b.jpg\" alt=\"Butte, Montana. Photo by Jasperdo; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankly, I hadn&#8217;t paid much attention to Ghost Signs. I&#8217;m not even sure how the subject popped into my mind for a Twelve Mile Circle article. Other people took it very seriously, though. They fixated on it with the same intensity as my obsession with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">county counting<\/a>. I could respect that. After all, these signs became the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghostsigns.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popular website<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghostsigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter account<\/a> with more than 5,000 followers, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/10285999@N00\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flickr group<\/a> with more than 30,000 images. The popular press also expressed an interest, for example in articles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2014\/nov\/05\/-sp-meet-ghost-sign-hunters-hand-painted-adverts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/art\/londons-ghostsigns-tracing-the-fading-remains-of-the-capitals-hand-painted-wall-signs-9961974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Independent<\/a>. Ghost signs completely eclipsed my humble efforts on 12MC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly something in those signs sparked such intense devotion. They acted as connections to earlier times, fading a little bit further as each year passed. They were survivors. However, ghost signs also seemed ephemeral, like on any given day someone might find their favorite sign gone. A nostalgia formed around them. Some have been fortunate and saved from destruction as cherished historical artifacts. Many more will disappear. I know that I&#8217;ll keep a better eye out for them now that I&#8217;m tuned-in to the phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I&#8217;ll stay on the lookout for the Lincoln Hotel and Butte Special Beer sign on Park Street (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/tR9kveggwnY7XhS4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) if I&#8217;m ever in Butte, Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Black Cat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carolineld\/3402865518\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3586\/3402865518_7a206e3ff6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Black Cat, Dingley Road. Photo by Carolilne; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The name Sam Roberts came up often as I researched ghost signs. He apparently began cataloguing them worldwide about a decade ago from his base in London. Often he listed his favorite example as the sign for Black Cat Cigarettes on London&#8217;s Dingley Road (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/KFTT5JZGbDxDA75S7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). Regrettably, he reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostsigns.co.uk\/2016\/09\/rip-black-cat-cigarettes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loss of that mural<\/a> in September 2016, covered up by a new building constructed next to it. Another wonderful ghost sign lost to the ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It adorned a cliff on the Maryland side of the Potomac River across from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (map). I&#8217;d seen it dozens of times over the years, a constant presence as I toured the town or rode my bike along the C&amp;O Canal Trail. Its smoothed painted surface cracked over the years, the letters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,78,4,77,2121],"tags":[940,6123,947,2668,1588,3132,6121,2466,6122,31],"class_list":["post-17461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-international","category-misc","category-terrain","category-united-kingdom","tag-black-cat","tag-butte","tag-ghost","tag-harpers-ferry","tag-london","tag-maryland-heights","tag-mennen","tag-montana","tag-talcum-powder","tag-west-virginia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;m sure you&#039;ve seen them before even if you weren&#039;t looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#039;m sure you&#039;ve seen them before even if you weren&#039;t looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheReal12MC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheReal12MC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"headline\":\"Ghost Signs\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":685,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/8536\\\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Black Cat\",\"Butte\",\"Ghost\",\"Harpers Ferry\",\"London\",\"Maryland Heights\",\"Mennen\",\"Montana\",\"Talcum Powder\",\"West Virginia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"History\",\"International\",\"Miscellaneous\",\"Terrain\",\"United Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/8536\\\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"I'm sure you've seen them before even if you weren't looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/8536\\\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/8536\\\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/ghost-signs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghost Signs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\",\"description\":\"(scroll down if article doesn&#039;t appear)\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\",\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheReal12MC\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/tom\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","description":"I'm sure you've seen them before even if you weren't looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","og_description":"I'm sure you've seen them before even if you weren't looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/","og_site_name":"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","article_published_time":"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Twelve Mile Circle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheReal12MC","twitter_site":"@TheReal12MC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Twelve Mile Circle","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/"},"author":{"name":"Twelve Mile Circle","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"headline":"Ghost Signs","datePublished":"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/"},"wordCount":685,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg","keywords":["Black Cat","Butte","Ghost","Harpers Ferry","London","Maryland Heights","Mennen","Montana","Talcum Powder","West Virginia"],"articleSection":["History","International","Miscellaneous","Terrain","United Kingdom"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/","name":"Ghost Signs - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-10T00:31:33+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-27T11:19:34+00:00","description":"I'm sure you've seen them before even if you weren't looking -- those faded advertising signs from a bygone era painted on walls.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8536\/8914217213_68dca2aed8_b.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ghost-signs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghost Signs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/","name":"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","description":"(scroll down if article doesn&#039;t appear)","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e","name":"Twelve Mile Circle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Twelve Mile Circle"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\/","https:\/\/x.com\/TheReal12MC"],"url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/author\/tom\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27650,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461\/revisions\/27650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}