Painted Ad: A Postcard Book of Vintage Brick Wall Signs

The Painted Ad is the culmination of an ongoing love affair with vintage wall signs, scarce as they have become. This volume features 25 photographs, both black-and-white and color, showcasing an advertising form prevalent before the time of billboards. Representing finds in large cities and small towns, The Painted Ad captures this period of American history when wall signs, in their heyday, dotted the commercial landscape. Moreover, The Painted Ad offers readers a choice: It may be kept as a book or its perforated pages gently torn out and sent through the mail as postcards.