It takes the right light to see things you don’t otherwise see, like raised lettering.
Pelham goes back quite a long time.
It’s good to see her at work.
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August 29, 2015 at 7:19 am
bowsprite
maybe beneath those nice solder beads is a trace of the letters that spell “ESSO”
August 29, 2015 at 7:23 am
bowsprite
ooooh! and MAYBE, underneath “Pelham” is “Laaphawachking”
http://historicpelham.blogspot.com/2014/10/pelham-and-native-american-story-of.html
on VHF: “Laaphawachking, Laaphawachking, Laaphawachking…this is _______,_______,_______…”
August 31, 2015 at 12:04 pm
Anonymous
Painted over lettering and the like has a technical name – a “pentimento”.
September 5, 2015 at 9:29 am
tugster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentimento