Oral History Archive

Filtering by sign painters back to all
Randy Profeta
Great grandson of Coney Island sign painter Harry Wildman and grandson of Steeplechase's Vito Onorato
Stephen Gaffney
Artist and educator who restored the old signs and painted new ones for Paul's Daughter
Sam Moses
Sign-painting legend, musician and Sea Gate resident
Hector George Wallace
An immigrant sign painter recounts his journey from Jamaica and the UK to Coney Island.
John Rea
Began his career as a sign painter in Coney Island