Wall Dogs’ Lovely Hauntings

Wall dogs’ lovely hauntings

“Wall dogs” you say?

A Southern Writer: Wall dogs’ art are lovely hauntings

Wall dogs were itinerant painters who created hand-painted advertisements on brick walls from the late 1800s to the 1960s, enduring hazardous conditions and low pay to produce distinctive ghost signs that now evoke nostalgia and history. Their work combined art, chemistry, and risk in fading urban landscapes.