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 gives up but someone gave up this 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 has a 16 blade aperture that is 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

 

SW Ontario,  1986   Crop tour photo, don’t remember the location.

 

             2018

 

                                         2018

 

London Ontario circa 1973

 

Quebec 1974          Sign used for sighting rifle.

 

Headache         Not surprising considering the top of her head!

 

    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 is 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