A ButterKrust ghost sign on East McMicken Ave. at Frintz St. in Over-the-Rhine — these kinds of layered ghost signs really deserve to be in a category all their own, don’t you think? Do I spot the phrase “home outfitting” here? What exactly does that mean?
My apologies for the craptastic photos. The sun was in the wrong place, but I got so excited when I spotted this sign that I didn’t want to wait to come back and shoot it for fear that I’d forget about it.
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There is a chain of stores in Quebec call Home Outfitters. Maybe home outfitting is an archaic term for all the stuff you need to furnish a home.
Outfitters during the Yukon and California gold rushes claimed to supply everything you needed to stake a claim and start mining. Sort of the 19th century equivalent of one-stop shopping.
Ahh, that makes sense.
David, your blog is now for “invited readers only” — does that mean that you’re continuing to write? I’m bummed that I can’t check it out.
I’m printing it up, eventually, then moving on. I didn’t want to confuse people by leaving a shut down blog in suspended animation.
That’s too bad. I don’t think it’s confusing to leave it up as a record of a person’s thoughts at a point in time — it’s still excellent writing for people who seek it out, and they can see from the dates that it’s no longer current.