Joseph Grant - Wholesale Grocer - Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: elyob
N 45° 25.666 W 075° 41.670
18T E 445671 N 5030706
The ghost sign is on the building at 17 York Street.
Waymark Code: WMNCWE
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 02/16/2015
Views: 7
JOSEPH GRANT,
WHOLESALE GROCER
...AND SPIRIT MERCHANT
STRENGTH, FLAVOR, PURITY.
CLOVER LEAF TEA
IN LEAD
PACKAGES
25¢, 30¢
& 40¢
When the sign was painted on the west wall of the building at 17 York Street, the building next door was only two storeys tall. The surviving incarnation of the sign advertising Joseph Grant Wholesale and Clover Leaf Tea was painted during or before the year 1911. See the photograph from Library and Archives Canada (Online MIKAN no. 3192910). The sign can best be seen from atop the York Street stairs but most of the sign's words are blocked by nearer buildings. Hopefully, taking photographs near the American embassy will not cause concerns.
For decades, Joseph Grant ran a grocers wholesaler on York Street in the Byward Market. Mr Grant retired in 1934. He died in 1957.