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Monroe Calculating Machine – Stenocord Secretary – Duplicators – Alexandria, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah

May 11th, 2016
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Abdulfattah Alexandrian Triptych © Iman R. Abdulfattah – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE

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Sun Glasses Shop Ad – Zamalek, Cairo – Cairo Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

Mar 2nd, 2016
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A fading ad for a sunglasses shop in Zamalek, Cairo – I.R. Abdulfattah

Sesame – Tahini Products – Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Cairo Correspondent

Mar 1st, 2016
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Spotted on my walk to the French Archaeological Institute: an ad for a company specializing in sesame/tahini paste-based products – I.R. Abdulfattah

Michelin Tires – Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Cairo Correspondent

Oct 26th, 2015
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Michelin ad on 26th of July Street, Bulaq, Cairo © Iman R. Abdulfattah

Schweppes – Suez Canal Insurance Co – el-Hayy el-Afrangi – Port Said, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Dec 28th, 2014
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Port Said, Egypt – © Iman R. Abdulfattah

Advertisement: Schweppes Mineral-Waters, published 1883, trimmed and balanced. This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. – Wikipedia

Cairo Postcard Trust – This image comes from the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) where it is available at the following Uniform Resource Identifier: 7037. Original source: Original postcard album: “Port Said, The Office of the Suez Canal Company.” (Cairo Postcard Trust). 5.25″x 3.5″. From the collection of Dr. Paula Sanders, Rice University – Wikipedia CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE

Georg Geiling & Co. – Sektkellereien – Sparkling Wine Cellar – Bacharach, Germany – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Nov 26th, 2014
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Gölz’sche Weinkellerei – St. Werner – Bacharach, Germany – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Nov 25th, 2014
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Bacharach Besuchen – Visit Bacharach

This business was opened 111 years ago. According to one business website, this business is closed and another says it is still active.

Marbach Burgbrand – Burglay Liköre – Liquors – Bacharach, Germany – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Nov 24th, 2014
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Mishkin Neon Gone – Uptown Correspondent – Iman R. Abdulfattah

Nov 20th, 2014
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Iman R. Abdulfattah is currently studying for her doctorate  in Bonn, Germany but she had the time to forward me a FB link from Scouting NY that reports the neon on Amsterdam and 145th is sadly gone. These are images Ms. Abdulfattah shot in January of 2013.

Meet the ghost-sign hunters | Cities | The Guardian | Melbourne – Nick Gadd

Nov 5th, 2014
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The Omega Oil sign in New York. Often these adverts are hidden for decades by buildings, billboards or trees – reappearing briefly during a construction project, before they are destroyed forever. Photograph: Frank Jump

Nick Gadd – Wednesday 5 November 2014 04.56 EST 

Melbourne- They’ve just knocked down an unremarkable little building on Latrobe Street, Melbourne, so they can throw up an apartment block – sorry, an “iconic 43-storey residential tower with a jewel box podium”. When the old building went down, it revealed the words “Paragon Printers” in fading paint on an adjacent brick wall. But not for long: the next time I passed, that wall had gone too, revealing another wall behind it, with a vibrant blue sign bearing the words “Henry Richardson, Saw Maker and Importer”. For a few days Richardson’s name was visible, as it had been 60 or so years earlier. Soon after, the site was nothing but rubble, and now that iconic tower is on its way.

READ MORE: Meet the ghost-sign hunters | Cities | The Guardian.

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