Urban Messages and Signage

A collection of urban environments showcasing various handwritten signs, posters, and graffiti on brick and concrete walls, reflecting social and cultural messages.

France, Paris, 75, 12th arrondissement, Bd Diderot, graffiti at the demonstration against the extreme right, June 15, 2024.

Coronavirus epidemic (covid-19). End of Lockdown. Chamonix. France. (Photo by: Fred de Noyelle/Godong/UIG)

Flipping scraps of paper on the brick the worn facade of a brick building with peeling scraps of paper.

Man looking at a poster of islamist Ennahdha party before Constituent Assembly elections. ACAB stands for 'All cops are bastards' Tunis. Tunisia.

Photograph of Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (19471991).

Commemorative crosses for unknown wall dead, 1990, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Germany Germany, Berlin, former wall post of the Berlin Wall near the Checkpoint Charlie

First train with Russian prisoners of war on the line between Narvik and Karlshäll at the end of the Second World War.

Photograph of Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (19471991).

Information sign, prohibition sign, closure of a playground due to COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing, playground closure, playground ban, coronavirus, corona crisis, Munich, Germany, Europe

France, Paris, 75, 12th arrondissement, Bd Diderot, graffiti at the demonstration against the extreme right, June 15, 2024.

Italy, Tuscany, Castiglione d'Orcia, Bagni San Filippo, thermal baths

Generalkonsulat der Republik Türkei in Stuttgart. // 11.10.2024: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland *** Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Stuttgart 11 10 2024 Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany

PROBARRI - PIEDRAS PARA ARRASTRE. Location: EXTERIOR. Cestona. Biscay. SPAIN.

Paris, France displays national loan, Ministry of Finance , (French - Paris , France Affiche de l' emprunt national , Ministère des Finances). Loan, bank , finances, poster, war effort , war work, Economic activity, registration , information, First World War, France, Paris, displays of the loan (Ministry of Finance)

Seville, 12/14/2023. The Gusanito Lector bookstore, on Feria Street, closes. Photo: Raúl Doblado. Archsev.

cite de refuge signage detail

Germany, Berlin. Mitte. Friedrichstrasse Station. Tranenpalast. Booklet explaining rules for DDR citizens visiting the West.

Hafencity Briefkasten Hamburg Hamburg Deutschland *** Hafencity mailbox Hamburg Hamburg Germany Copyright: xGiannaxSchadex

Remains of the 2019-2020 revolution in Beirut city, Lebanon.

House wall with historical advertising on Ulica Chelčického in Písek in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic

France, Paris, 14th district, Boulevard de Port Royal, tag about abortion on the wall of the Port-Royal maternity

Spray painted vandalism around the statue of Egerton Ryerson at Ryerson University, referring to discovery announced last week of 215 bodies discover

Antique pharmacy sign, Via Romana, Firenze, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy

Flyer for flat-hunting, stuck on a vending machine, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Famous sign Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany. Wall separated West Berlin from East Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

Left wing party propaganda. France.

Anefo photo collection. Series Portugal, election struggle / street images Lisbon (early 1975); Exterior Communist party desk banner. 1975. Lisbon, Portugal

Various translations on a sign

Pharmacy sign, Aptieka, 24 hours a day, Riga, Latvia, Europe

Posters on a Wall in Arzachena

Anarchist writing "for revolutionary violence", Alfama district, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Rest room for families in the burial chamber in an hospital, Paca, France.

Studsvik, Sweden A blackboard sign in Swedish and French says No Bicycles here, Thanks.

History, Stasi, dictatorship understand, Federal Archives, Secret Service, State Security ** History, Stasi, Dictatorship understand, Federal Archives, History GfK-PHF Editorial Use ONLY

Madrid, March 11, 2005. Anniversary of the 11M terrorist attacks. Memories at the Atocha station.Photo: IGNACIO GIL...archdc.

Proposal "Willst Du mich heiraten Mausa" or Will you marry me Mausa on the Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Europe

France, ile-de-France, Paris, plaque in tribute to Michel Hollard, leader of the Agir network

"Ich bin ein Berliner", graffito on the separation wall in Bethlehem, Palestine

Banner in front of Tenon Hospital in Paris.

Newspapers and leaflets lying scattered on the sidewalk in Ohmstrasse, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sticker in the street with propaganda against Israel

Between signs painted by children, former banners were set up on Zimmerstraße between the Brandenburg Tor and Checkpoint Charlie with the slogans Freedom of expression / right to demonstrate / freedom of assembly!, Deeds not words!, Opinions have been exchanged enough, let's finally see reforms!, Non-violent for democracy and The truth is lived and not taught to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 8 November 2024

Tribute To The Homeless People Found Dead On The Streets In France. Paris. France.

Inscription on a wall indicating the men's changing rooms and the women's changing rooms

Former Second Hand Shop

ancient signs with marked distances of the main cities of the world ancient signs with marked distances from the main cities of the world Beijing Moscow Sydney Cape Town Copyright: xZoonar.com/EmanuelexCapoferrìx 11644608

Auf einem Aushang eines Vereins werden Ehrenamtliche Helfer gesucht. Berlin, 05.10.2023

Pintada anarquista por la abstención en el referendum del 15 de diciembre del 1976.

Red and white poster image with text only reading 'Come on St-Denis!'.

Today a festival inscription Today a festival marked on a tarmac road in blue. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JFsPic Thielemannx 7539559

Today a festival inscription Today a festival marked on a tarmac road in blue. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JFsPic Thielemannx 7765801

Berlin Wall, Federal Republic of Germany.

Notes with names of visitors on a pinboard at the ecumenical stand of the Protestant and Catholic churches at the Federal Horticultural Show, BUGA, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Panel informing of the sale of Oysters of the Bench of Arguin

France, Ile de France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen. Barbara party hall.

Dachau Concentration Camp. Nazi camp of prisoners opened in 1933. Detail of the slogan Arbeit macht frei (Labour makes free) at the main door. Germany.

Beschädigtes Wahlplakat Söder und Theiss CSU Beschädigtes Wahlplakat Söder und Theiss CSU. Das Plakat ist größtenteils abgerissen worden, nur Teile der Konterfei und Namen sind noch zu erkennen *** Damaged election poster Söder and Theiss CSU Damaged election poster Söder and Theiss CSU The poster has been largely torn down, only parts of the portrait and names are still recognizable

Latvia, Western Latvia, Kurzeme Region, Liepaja-Karosta, Karosta Prison, former Soviet-era naval prison, barbed wire and warning sign

Germany, Berlin, Berlin's Wall

Leon, Nicaragua, Red shutters on a white wall with political graffiti in Spanish, Central America, Central America

Apothekensterben, Geschlossene Apotheke, Berlin, 25.07.2023

Protest posters against Stuttgart 21 railway project on a site fence, now in the Haus der Geschichte Baden-Wuerttemberg, museum, Schlossgarten, castle gardens, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tributes written on the ground, during the days following the 22 May 2017, suicide bombing, carried out at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande.

Paris, France displays the national loan of 1920, Crédit du Nord , (French - Paris , France Affiche de l' emprunt national de 1920 , Crédit du Nord). Loan, bank , finances, poster, war effort , war work, drawing, Economic activity, registration , information, First World War, Art, France, Paris, Nal 1920 Crédit du Nord borrowing posters

grenze,westjordanland,nahostkonflikt,abgrenzung,begrenzung,grenzen,grenzlinie,cisjordanien,jehuda we schomron,judäa,naher osten,samarien,west bank,westjordanien ** border,west bank,nahostkonflikt,borders,west banks 6z6-frn

Hauts de France, Nord department, Lille, anti-Macron slogan, which read: Macron demission, retrait de la loi 49, trois. Thief!

Nael inscription on a cracked wall

Togo, Atakora region, message

22.04.2025, NRW, Deutschland, Kunst und Kultur, Ausstellungen, Museen, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Eingangsbereich, Eingang, Ausstellungsplakat, Deutschland *** 22 04 2025, NRW, Germany, art and culture, exhibitions, museums, Kunstmuseum Bonn, entrance area, entrance, exhibition poster, Germany Copyright: xD.xKerlekin/SnowfieldxPhotographyx SF220425KunstmuseumD1

ueberwuchertes Schild mit der Aufschrift Lebensgefahr, Durchgang streng verboten, Deutschland Overgrown sign with the inscription Danger to life, passage strictly forbidden, Germany BLWS724534 *** overgrown Shield with the Inscription Danger to life, Passage strictly prohibited, Germany overgrown Sign With The inscription Danger to life, Passage STRICTLY forbidden, Germany BLWS724534 Copyright: xblickwinkel/M.xWuchenauerx

Quotation engraved on a stone of the Cormatin castle France

Town hall closure during coronavirus epidemic in France.

PALESTINA. BELEN. MURO DE LA VERGUENZA. SEPARA ISRAEL DE PALESTINA.

State Office for Health and Social Affairs ** State Office for Health and Social Affairs GfK-PCP Editorial Use Only

Sticker in the street with propaganda against Israel

Madrid, 10/31/2016. Fourth anniversary of the accident that caused the death of three young people at the Madrid Arena. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

Messages on Berlin wall

France, Paris, 75, 1st arrondissement, Quai de Montebello, inscriptions on booksellers' boxes "Non a l'enlevement des boites de bouquinistes pendant les J.O." ("No to the removal of booksellers' boxes during the Olympic Games"). Dec 2024.

Hungary. Budapest. Kossuth Lajos Ter (square of the Parlamient). Anniversary of the Revolt of October 23th 1956.

Sign in Brussels, Belgium : No means no !.

19 12 2024, Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Real Estate, Sale, Advertisement for a Condominium at a Lantern, Germany

Offensiva operaia, poster, 1969

Slate VAT drop

"Viva Fidel" lettering on a wall, historic centre, La Habana Vieja, Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, Central America

Files of old photos of Paris and other European cities

Anarchist writing "A liberdade vive quando o estado morre" or "Freedom lives when the state dies", Alfama district, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Closed former Covid 19 test centre. 20 million people have died worldwide due to the coronavirus, Berlin, 10.08.2023

Insecticide toxic for children used by a child Cameroun

Posters of presidential candidates torn in a rural commune. In a rural commune, torn posters of Marine Le Pen, candidate in the presidential election of the National Front (FN) and Nicolas Dupont Aignan, candidate for the presidential election of the movement Debout La France. Affiches de candidats à l'élection présidentielle déchirées dans une commune rural. Dans une commune rural, affiches déchirées de Marine Le Pen , candidate à l'élection présidentielle du Front National ( FN ) et Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, candidat à l'élection présidentielle du mouvement Debout La France.

Coronavirus epidemic (covid-19). Lockdown. Church closed. Saint Nicolas de Veroce. France.

France, Ile de France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen. Local police

A banner against Europe and illegal immigrants exhibited by some members and supporters of the Northern League party (Lega Nord) during a Northern League party meeting. Pontida (BG), Italy, June 2005.

07/31/1914. Patriotic Farewell. Poster that has been posted in some establishments in Paris announcing the reopening after the victory - approximate date.

ELECCIONES GENERALES DE 1977 (15 DE JUNIO). La campaña electoral para la elección de las nuevas Cortes se desarrolló entre el 24 de mayo y el 13 de junio. Triunfaron UCD y PSOE. Las nuevas Cortes (22-7-77) empezaron a redactar una Constitución y Suárez formó nuevo Gobierno con mayoría de UCD (5-7-77). CARTEL ELECTORAL DE "CANDIDATURA D'UNITAT POPULAR PEL SOCIALISME" (CUPS). Cataluña.

Madrid, March 2, 2004. Psoe Electoral Posters Pasted at the exit of the Costa Rica A López de Hoyos tunnel. Photo: Ignacio Gil.

Jordan.Book written in Arabic, including one on Adolf Hitler

Mouvement pour la liberte de l'avortement et de la contraception, by claire bretecher, paris 1975

French world war two poster 'Le Secours National - Entr'Aide d'Hiver du Maréchal'; National Relief Poster, Marshal's Winter Mutual Aid

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