Showing posts with label Prahran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prahran. Show all posts

Monday, June 10, 2013

Catching up: part III (ghost signs)

Here is an assortment of ghost signs I've spotted while out and about over the past few weeks. 


The Big Store, Wattle Street, Prahran (off Chapel)


The Big Store again 


I think this is the building opposite The Big Store on Wattle Street


An accidental reveal on the verandah of Dragonfly Flowers 
on Chapel Street, Windsor


Billiards


Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, Printers and Lithographers, 
Spencer Street, West Melbourne

I went for a walk on my lunch break on a sunny day this week and found these old signs. There's signs on the back of the building, which I've photographed before, but I don't think I've passed the front of the building in daylight before. 


The side


Painted over signs on an old shop front, Bridge Road, Richmond 


An old paint shop, most likely. This side says "Butrex full gloss"


And this side: "Revelite flat, semi gloss, full gloss


Sunday, March 18, 2012

Old sign omnibus

I keep taking photos of old signs and forgetting to post them, so here's a whole bunch. 


At Prahran Station


 The station-facing side of the above building


Australian Knitting Mills in Richmond. I'd seen 
the AKM sign before but never noticed the 
painted over sign for Maddocks Sports below. 


 XXXX Classic Aussie Beer...Smith Street, Collingwood


 Also Smith Street - I think this is two old signs in one. 
I can't make out what it says


Old chemist on Smith Street 


 From what I can make out, this used to be a tobacconist
 and laundromat well before it was a fetish/BDSM shop


 A closer view. Brunswick Street, Fitzroy


 I might have posted a photo of this once 
before. Brunswick Street again


Not usually the type of old sign that I go for, but the word disco 
 caught my eye. Hoddle Street, Richmond


And finally...I saw this when looking up
 for old signs on Brunswick Street