Coca-Cola's 'ghost murals' being restored across Appalachia
On the surface this would seem like a rather eccentric project but I like it for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to provide employment for the artists.
The Register Herald
Beckley, WV
July 21, 2014
'Ghost murals' being restored across Appalachia
Associated Press
HINTON — Coca-Cola Consolidated is working across Appalachia to restore “ghost murals.”
The murals were painted on buildings more than a century ago, before radio commercials, electronic billboards or television. Now the murals are fading from age.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting says one of the largest restored ghost murals to date was unveiled recently in Hinton. The mural in the Summers County community is 17 feet tall, 60 feet wide. It dates back nearly a century.
It’s one of thousands of Coca-Cola ads painted at the turn of the century, many of them in the rural south.... MORE at http://www.register-herald.com/latestnews/x864249769/Ghost-murals-being-restored-across-Appalachia
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