PopKulture's photos with the keyword: ghost

Who says lead paint doesn't hold up? Try painting this with latex and leaving it for forty or fifty years... I can't recall if this great Seven Up and Coca-Cola mural was in Billings per se' but I do know that it was Montana, 1997.

Today, Casper would no doubt be concerned that his almost intangible backside would further erode the polar ice shelf, but such was not the case in the carefree 50's, when the Cold War chill was in full effect! :-p Casper The Friendly Ghost - Issue No. 17, 1954.

Dealing with the question of Casper's origin was a difficult one for editors - first at St. John, where Casper debuted in strip form in 1949, and later at Harvey, where he would achieve his greatest popularity. At first, Casper was nothing more than the ghost of a little boy who sought to make friends rather than scare people. Later, however, the editors at Harvey sanitized his origin such that Casper was the ghost child of ghost parents, thereby avoiding the dilemma of addressing a young boy's death. Casper, the Friendly Ghost - No. 19, April 1954 issue.

The old adage is true, that success spawns imitation, and Li'l Ghost wasn't the only Casper clone to hover ethereally along, but he did anticipate the trend in anime by a couple of decades - just look at those eyes! Li'l Ghost - No. 1, February 1958.

Another "The Lure" hamburger restaurant can be spotted some miles east of this skeleton sign located on U.S. 20 through Gary, Indiana, but this location has been closed for some time.