SFist: More Old Signage Uncovered

March 13, 2008

More Old Signage Uncovered

Once again, someone tore down a bitch of a wall and discovered even more old-time signage. (First bacon, now bourbon? What in heaven's name went on in this city back then?) This time it was uncovered in Noe Valley while renovation of a building at 25th and Church was underway. And once again, we hope someone puts a window where it ought to be.

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Comments (12)

[1] | 03/13/08 11:09AM

And dammit if I wasnt just thinking about Christina Crawford.....Nice reference!

[2] | 03/13/08 11:12AM

Rye, bourbon, ham and bacon? Those old-timers sure knew how to do it right. Can one of those over-funded start-ups in the valley build a time machine please? :(

[3] | 03/13/08 11:12AM

Rye, bourbon, ham and bacon? Those old-timers sure knew how to do it right. Can one of those over-funded start-ups in the valley build a time machine please? :(

[4] | 03/13/08 11:28AM

When the building at Hayes and Octavia (where stacks is now) was renovated a couple of years ago, they uncovered some great produce advertising. Wish I had a picture.

[5] | 03/13/08 11:30AM

“If as they say God spanked the town for being over frisky, why did he burn the churches down and spare Hotaling’s whiskey?”

SF has always been a Rye, bourbon, ham and bacon town. Take that all you pot smoking vegan hippies!

[6] | 03/13/08 11:32AM

Hear hear wsanders!

[7] | 03/13/08 11:36AM

hey! my parents were hippies, and they love their bourbon and thinly-sliced fatty meats. just saying.

[8] | 03/13/08 11:43AM

You can drop a single leaf of organic, hydroponic grown, vegan-nuzzled lettuce on the floor of The Saloon and it magically turns into a double shot of bourbon with a slice of bacon in it. Saw it with my own two eyes.

[9] | 03/13/08 11:52AM

How cool! If anyone is interested in more of the same, but from the other coast, check out http://tinyurl.com/2h78m

[10] | 03/13/08 11:57AM

Is there any possibility of this stuff being preserved or is it just not feasible?

[11] | 03/13/08 12:17PM

Using these uncovered advertisements we can ripoff Candyland and make an SF board game called Viceland. Instead of Molasses Swam and Gumdrop Mountains we can have Bacon Flats and Bourbon Pond. Discover an old billboard for hookers and we can have a Prostitute Valley. A cigarette advertisement and we have Tobacco Forest.

Lets start ripping down more walls!

[12] | 03/13/08 12:55PM

I live right by this and I'm so glad this phenomena is finally being explained to me. I'm thinkin' we start a speakeasy right inside of there.