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    A column by Sean Reynolds. If you’d like to read more stories about Melbourne’s past, follow me on Instagram @melbourne_ghostsigns.
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    A chocolate palace of the jazz era –217 Geelong Road, Kingsville

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    A century ago, William Stewart, the chocolate czar of Geelong Road, conducted his sweet, sweet business.
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    Watswool Wool Brokers

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    A towering warehouse in West Footscray, with its decayed WATSWOOL WOO(L) (B)ROKERS sign, was constructed for Australian Estates wool brokers.
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    TARAX, Newport

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    This advertisement in Newport reading 'BOTTLES & CANS! TARAX', is hidden behind the jagged teeth of a wooden fence on a former milk bar erected in 1952 as Whitehurst’s Delicatessen.
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    GRAHAM CAMPBELL FERRUM CO IRON FOUNDRY

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    By the 1950s it was one of the largest foundries in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
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    THE NEWPORT COFFEE PALACE

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    In the 1880s Melbourne's temperance movement spawned grand coffee palaces, alcohol-free alternatives to hotels.
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