In February 2012 I stumbled upon a trove of company documents from the 1940s and 1950s at a demolition site in Footscray, Melbourne. Here I tell the stories associated with those documents: the records of signwriting company Lewis & Skinner, and the tattered books of correspondence connected with writer Morris West and the radio serial company he started and ran, Australasian Radio Productions. Plus the more general exploration of 'ghost signs' that my discovery has sparked.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Revealed pub fascia in Moonee Ponds, courtesy of Tony
Tony (signwriter and sign painting historian) has sent through these pics of a newly revealed fascia from a pub in Moonee Ponds. Tony thinks it's a deliberate reveal:
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