How to finish California redwood.
A 1917 trade booklet from the California Redwood Association on finishing redwood with paints, stains and preservatives, aimed at builders and architects. The single picture is a loose ink sketch of a pair of outstretched arms and hands reaching up at the edge of the page, with a faint bird-like or fern-like form at upper left; a designer might take its quick, scratchy pen line and open, gestural energy for hand-drawn editorial accents.
