Signs & Graffiti

Unless otherwise credited, all photographs are © David Ritchie and may not be used without my permission.

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2002

I have always been attracted to quirky signs, words and written graffiti. As the sign reads, the gallery is open. Have a seat and enjoy.

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         Cindy Lou’s  2019     Lions Head, Ontario

                     Big Bay, Bruce County  2019

Orange Lodge 2019          Why are the lodges never painted orange?

  Near Hanover 1975    Love never might give up, but someone gave up on their dream.

                 Latin Quarter, London 1975     Restaurant on Carling St

       Carling St, London 1975

Thick Shakes, 1992        Another Aylmer Fair photo

Cemetery   1990  Taken with a Voigtlander camera, the 35mm lens had a 16 blade aperture that was quite circular. A wide-open f2.5 aperture gives a pleasing Bokeh effect to the out-of-focus element.

Port Burwell 1990

Steen’s & Studebakers   Aylmer, ON          circa 1987

                                       St Williams, Ontario 1986

             2018

                                         2018

London Ontario circa 1973

                           Quebec 1974            Sign used for sighting rifle.

         Headache         Not surprising considering the top of her head is missing!

    Port Bruce, Ontario circa 1987

  Motel, 1985

     Aylmer Fair, 1992

          Dance Hall  1993

                         Quebec, 1975

              Dubois, Wyoming  2002      Folk art clothesline, burro and lady with a broom.

     London, Ontario  1976

                   London, Ontario circa 1973

   London, Ontario  circa 1974                “Believe and Obey Signs”

CN Freight Yard Loading Dock, London  early ’70s

Near Stratford Ontario

   Aylmer, Ontario         Carnation closed many years ago.

  Cimmaron, New Mexico 2002

  McMinnville, Oregon 2002

  Dubois, Wyoming 2002          Prairie oysters anyone?

                              Vernor’s metal sign circa 1975

                       London Ontario circa 1974

                         London

        Toronto    1977

                            Wyoming      2002

                      Aylmer Fair 1992

     Shoshoni, Wyoming 2002

     Aylmer, Ontario circa 1992

           London, Ontario circa 1973

                Mark’s shop door  2015

I briefly chuckled when I first found this memorial stone in a graveyard north of Calton. I then remembered that Graves is a local family name. The unnamed infant was very sobering.

From my files.   Unknown (not remembered) date and place.

              South Dakota 2002

Riding my motorcycle across mid-west prairies, I tried to imagine bison (buffalo) in large herds roaming the once-grassy land. This is the only one I saw. Slaughter the bison to near-extinction, then use their image to sell cars.

Harriston 1975