Stephen Beaumont is a Melbourne based Ghost Sign Hunter with a fabulous collection of over 400 ghost signs pictures. What is clearly evident with Stephen’s wonderful collection of ghost signs is his passion for them and the way he quietly goes about building his collection. It’s all about the signs with Stephen, not about personal glory. Ghost signs […]
Victoria
Halmes | Volck Kleenup
A wonderful addition sent to us by Paul of a sign on an old building opposite the Queen Victoria Market near the Dudley St intersection. I can find little on it except I believe it was a garden spray and I assume Halmes made or sold it.
Flinders St Faded Signs
I saw these faded signs in Flinders St, near the corner of Downie St (Spencer St end). Patrick Bonello | Gallery
Saddler | Warragul Ghost Signs
Two new ghost signs this week thanks to Dave.
Café BÜ Ghost Sign
Isn’t life wonderful? I was reading an article about this great new coffee shop in Carlton (Café BÜ) when my eye caught a glimpse of a ghost sign in the image accompanying the article. Now, I have been and photographed this location in the past, long before it became a coffee shop, and being honest, […]
Fading Victoria
Its a wonderful feeling when you find a web site that is right up your alley and thats exactly what we found at Fading Victoria. Rowan Crowe has amassed an excellent collection of signs, landscapes and architecture covering Victoria, so pop along and take a look, you will not be disappointed: www.fadingvictoria.com www.facebook.com/fadingvictoria Some of the […]
Darrel Lea | Footscray
It is always sad when we discover one of our ghost signs has gone.. We found this on Fading Victoria. Well worth a gander.. Darrel Lea Sign Was quite disappointed to arrive and find that this old painted sign in Footscray was gone – the entire row of ~90 year old shops, which were built […]
Lewis & Skinner Exhibition
Anyone interested in signwriting should visit the Lewis & Skinner Exhibition at Victoria University in Yarraville. Lewis & Skinner exhibition at the VU Library The exhibition by Dr Stefan Schutt, research program leader at the Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, Victoria University, features historical hand-painted signs of Melbourne firm Lewis & Skinner that he rescued […]
Bournville Cocoa | Malvern Ghost Sign
Lewis & Skinner ghost sign | Bournville Cocoa by Cadbury High Street and Seymour Street Malvern Bournville Cocoa | Malvern Ghost Sign Well, its great news and bad news today.. The great news is Pascale sent us a photo of the Lewis & Skinner ghost sign that popped up in Malvern a few weeks ago. The […]
Our World Tuesday – Unwrapped
We found this excellent find by Stewart Monckton about a ghost sign in Surrey Hills. The sign was on Union road between Croydon and Guilford roads (on the right hand side as you are facing the railway) Surrey Hills. The sign is no longer visible – it was revealed when an old building was knocked […]
