{"product_id":"melbourne-ghost-signs","title":"Melbourne Ghost Signs","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sean Reynolds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom the gold-rush years to the Swinging Sixties, from Robur Tea to Tarax soft drinks, this city can never settle. In a process of continual renewal, old buildings are incorporated into new, both uncovering and obscuring snippets of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \n\n \u003cp\u003eGhost signs provide hints to our common heritage, ready to be picked up by the keen eye and quick shutter.Sean Reynolds, a transplanted American, first became fascinated bythese old signs while walking in Yarraville and Footscray with his young daughter during their daily lockdown outings. He loved the hand-painted letters, the intricate glasswork, and the old factories marketing brands he’d never heard of before: big names like Uncle Tobys and Four’n Twenty, but also smaller ones, no less important, like ‘Miss Watson’s Motor Garage’ or the ‘St Kilda Coffee Palace’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \n\n \u003cp\u003eJoin him in a tour of fascinating photos - sometimes nostalgic, sometimes gaudy -and the stories behind them - variously delightful, heroic, and tragic. Find the cities behind the city you thought you knew, one ghost sign at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \n\n \u003cp\u003e• ISBN 9781761380815\u003cbr\u003e\n • Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003e\n • Hardcover, 176 pages, full colour, 26.3 x 29.7 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955312066882,"sku":"9781761380815","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/5368\/2498\/files\/0df6f208-9781761380815.png?v=1770701732","url":"https:\/\/thebutchershop.au\/products\/melbourne-ghost-signs","provider":"The Butcher Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}