On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's a ghost sign I found in Adelaide last year: > > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2414a-peso.html
I love that one Brian. It is fun trying to decode what it says. On this one, I got: M. DONAGHY & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF ROPE&CORDAGE HARVEST TWINE KANGAROO BRAND WORKS, QUEENSLAND & GEELONG, VICTORIA Then it is fun to Google and see what can be learned about the company: http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/2068.shtml Interestingly, that article makes no mention of Queensland location (information which might help to date when the Ghost Sign was painted). I also found no mention of a "Works, Queensland" so either I'm reading that wrong or the "WORKS" is supposed to go with the previous line (as in "Stanley Works", here in U.S. history). One can also search that infernal auction site (around the world) to locate advertising and other ephemera to help with dating the sign. It's sort of a mini mystery: The Hardy Boys and the Adelaide Ghost Sign -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
