Monday, July 27, 2015

Couple of great sign pics from the State Library

Russell Street, 1954, during the Queen's visit. That was the year the Vacuum Oil Company was changing all the signs around Melbourne from Plume to Mobilgas - this one soon to come:



(see full record details here: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1830285&fn=permalink)

And another of Russell Street, 1932:



Here's a great one from 1934 - notice the great work by the Sid Syne company:





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