{"id":4809,"date":"2015-02-14T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T00:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2015-02-14T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T00:37:09","slug":"ghosts-of-an-ugly-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts of an ugly past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2857.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4811 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2857-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2857\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2857-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2857-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Gold Dust Twins have been hidden from view for more than 90 years on Auburn Avenue in d&#8217;town Atlanta, but a 2008 tornado and the recent demolition of an adjacent building have uncovered this hand-painted ghost sign from the early 1900&#8217;s when <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sweet_Auburn\">Sweet Auburn<\/a> was a thriving African American business district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2860.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2860-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2860\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2860-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2860-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Gold Dust twins were one of the earliest brand-driven trademarks in American advertising during the late 19th century that drew heavily on negative African American racial stereotypes. The twins were often comically depicted, along with a huge stack of dishes in a washtub, and the images appeared on product packaging, in print advertising, and full-color murals painted on buildings throughout the South.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GoldDust25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4814 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GoldDust25-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"GoldDust25\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GoldDust25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GoldDust25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GoldDust25.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDespite what many consider to be one of the most racist ad campaigns in history, there is talk of what place, if any, this iconic piece of history has in the revitalization of the Sweet Auburn district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4790.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4810 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4790-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4790\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4790-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4790-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn its route up and down Auburn Avenue, the shiny new d&#8217;town streetcar passes the Gold Dust Twins and then this mural of Congressman John Lewis; I hope the incongruity of images sparks conversation among its riders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gold Dust Twins have been hidden from view for more than 90 years on Auburn Avenue in d&#8217;town Atlanta, but a 2008 tornado and the recent demolition of an adjacent building have uncovered this hand-painted ghost sign from the early 1900&#8217;s when Sweet Auburn was a thriving African American business district. The Gold Dust &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=4809\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ghosts of an ugly past<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4835,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions\/4835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}