Tuesday 22 January 2008

Rex Simpson Fine Clothes For Men

A surviving mural from another age. Pitt St, Sydney.

6 comments:

  1. You never see modern wall advertising like that now, unless its vandalism.

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  2. I like this remnant from the past; it's high enough so that the opportunity to add grafitti is difficult.

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  3. I also love seeing these advertisements from the past. There's just something special about them still on the old buildings. Very nice.

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  4. I love these things!! We have them, too, in California. My favorite was a Coca Cola add on a full wall, pre-dating WW2 for sure, maybe much older. I pass anotherone every day in Chinatown San Francisco, that says "hotel rooms 15 cents a week" or something like that, small brick building sandwiched in between the high rises. Probably dates back to the turn of the century, before the 1906 earthquake.


    Great stuff! :)

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  5. I have a cardboard box from the Rex Simpson store at 249-251 Pitt Street, with my Grandfather's name on it - from a purchase I gather!

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