Of all the various Ghost Sign web sites and blogs, the Lewis & Skinner story is the most facsinating and well worth your time visiting to learn more.
There are 2 web sites both expertly authored by Dr Stefan Schutt from Victoria University:
The Lewis & Skinner archive details the work documents, whereas Find the Radio Book provides more information about the discovery along with photographs of existing ghost signs.
Lewis & Skinner archive
The abandoned documents of the Melbourne signwriting company Lewis & Skinner (1900s – 1960s) were discovered at a demolition site in Footscray in February 2012 by Dr Stefan Schutt. The documents tell the story of hundreds of signwriting jobs across Melbourne and Victoria.
Lewis & Skinner archive
Finding the radio book
Here Dr Stefan Schutt tells the stories associated with the documents from the archive of Lewis & Skinner, and the tattered books of correspondence connected with writer Morris West. Plus the more general exploration of ‘ghost signs’ that my discovery has sparked.
Find the Radio Book
