Ghost Signs: Brick Wall Signs in America

by Wm. Stage

A photo documentary (color and black & white images) of brick wall signs and their creators, in America, from 1880's to present.

109 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

Wm. Stage has been a newspaper journalist / columnist and photographer for more than 30 years. Before that, he was a public health officer with the Centers for Disease Control assigned to the St. Louis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic. He has taught photojournalism at Saint Louis University School for Professional Studies; and feature writing with the Defense Information School [DINFOS], Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. As of 2025, he has authored 16 books with the most recent, Down And Out In The River City, being his fifth novel. Wm. Stage lives in St. Louis with his wife, Mary, and their many unruly children.

Reviews

[Sue Babcock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another short book (109 pages) with a nice balance of text and photos - mostly black and white. Includes a fairly comprehensive chapter on "wall dogs" - the commercial artists who moved all around the country, painting these remarkable ads.