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Posted 3 months ago
Ted_Straub
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Ghost sign as seen on South Main Street, Wilkes-Barré, PA...05.12.26. The closeness of the building presenting this sign prevented a better image to be captured. It appears that the building on the left was erected after the one with the sign, as there is a faded Coca-Cola mural along with the Rice sign. That mural cannot be seen from the street as the two buildings' proximity to each other blocks that view.
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Ted_Straub, Cool. :-)
Apparently, Joseph S. Rice was at one time considered the Wonder Boy of Wilke-Barr, and that building dates to 1909:
https://www.timesleader.com/news/1676525/look-back-boy-wonder-of-wilkes-barre-was-an-international-bicycle-race-champion
It turned out to be a bear to get Google Maps/Street View to show me that building (it kept kicking me out to some residential neighborhood), but I finally got it with an assist from loopnet, which had a map showing it as being on South Main between West Main Stree and East Northhampton Street):
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/138-S-Main-St-Wilkes-Barre-PA/30071116/
If you play with it a bit, you can see the Coca-Cola signage on the side of the building in the alley:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vNXSPgpeVyzu2RTR8
Great info