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If You Look Hard Enough in New York, You Can Still Find Campaign Billboards From 1965

According to Frank Jump, this "ghost sign," a campaign ad for former mayor John Lindsay likely painted in 1965 on the side of a building at Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, was obscured by a modern-day billboard until a few weeks ago.

Photo: Frank H. Jump via Fading Ad
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