Can you identify these old signatures from the Downhome Shoppe?
The downtown St. John's store used to be the Railroad Hotel in the 1940s and 50s, and we're hoping you can help us figure out who the graffiti writers are,
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Earlier this week, CBC brought you a story about old graffiti on the attic walls of the Downhome Shoppe on Water Street in downtown St. John's.
This graffiti from what appears to be Peggy Yard and Bill Murphy was left on the walls in the former Railroad Hotel in downtown St. John's in July 1948. (CBC)
Old graffiti left behind by people who stayed at the old Railroad Hotel in downtown St. John's. (CBC)
Some of the old graffiti found on the upper floors of the Downhome Shoppe in downtown St. John's appears to be devotions of love. (CBC)
Some of the graffiti left behind seems to be from Americans who stayed in St. John's in the 40s and 50s. (CBC)
This signature appears to be dated 1945. (CBC)
This signature, signed 1951, includes the name Ray Finn. (CBC)
There's no date on this signature from a member of the U.S. Army. Military members passing through St. John's stayed at the former Railroad Hotel, in what is now the Downhome Shoppe. (CBC)
This couple, Pat and Mercedes, left their declaration of love on the walls of the former Railroad Hotel in 1954 in what's now the Downhome Shoppe in downtown St. John's. The store's owners are trying to find out who it is that left behind their names. (CBC)
