{"id":1266,"date":"2014-04-27T01:41:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T01:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2015-01-04T04:17:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T04:17:35","slug":"signs-on-buildings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/signs-on-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs on Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are still a few painted advertisements on old buildings in Racine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1267\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/loans_fire_tornado.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1267\" class=\"wp-image-1267 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/loans_fire_tornado-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"Loans Fire Tornado, Wisconsin Ave.\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/loans_fire_tornado-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/loans_fire_tornado.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loans Fire Tornado, Wisconsin Ave. This is 222 5th Street, which in 1940 was New England Mutual Life and also F A Morey and Son Insurance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1331\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2001_06_30_wisconsin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1331\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2001_06_30_wisconsin-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2001 billboard \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2001_06_30_wisconsin-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2001_06_30_wisconsin-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2001_06_30_wisconsin.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001 billboard<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1416\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wink_soap_company.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1416\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wink_soap_company-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Wink Soap Company\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wink_soap_company-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wink_soap_company-1024x674.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wink_soap_company.jpg 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wink Soap Company. In the 1939 City Directory with Wm J Seidel, Rudolph F Haese, 940 Garfield. The building was built in 1900. Wink Soap was here from 1938 to 1980.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1455\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/just_bakery_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1455\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/just_bakery_n-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Just Bakery\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/just_bakery_n-300x252.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/just_bakery_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just Bakery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1579\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bull_durham_wisconsin_ave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bull_durham_wisconsin_ave-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"Bull Durham tobacco advertisement on old livery building across the street from D. P. Wigley\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bull_durham_wisconsin_ave-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bull_durham_wisconsin_ave-1024x524.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bull_durham_wisconsin_ave.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bull Durham tobacco advertisement on old livery building across the street from D. P. Wigley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bull Durham was famous for its advertising: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bull_Durham_Smoking_Tobacco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bull_Durham_Smoking_Tobacco<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1609\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3rd_and_main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3rd_and_main-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"3rd and Main Street\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3rd_and_main-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3rd_and_main-1024x795.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3rd_and_main.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3rd and Main Street<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are still a few painted advertisements on old buildings in Racine. 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