Research Project
Researchers: Dr. Stefan Schutt (Managed by)
Brief description Lewis & Skinner was a Melbourne-based signwriting company operating from the early 1900s until the 1950s. The company\'s records were found dumped at a Footscray demolition site in February 2012 by Dr Stefan Schutt from Victoria University, whose workplace was next door. Dr Schutt removed as many of the records as possible, and created a project to scan and upload the records to an online archive system based on the Omeka open source archive software. The documents, photos and drawings tell the story of signwriting jobs across Melbourne and Victoria, from Mobil service stations to milk bars and railway hoardings. Most are from the 1950s though there are also earlier ones. The records are organised by suburb and tagged by theme. They also contain geolocation information wherever possible. Project Organization Unit: Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, Victoria University