Dyes for lakes.
A 1917 trade booklet on dyes for lakes, issued in New York by the National Aniline and Chemical Company for chemical buyers and industrial clients. The two plates are plain photographic and printed views of the company's buildings and works, one a tall multi-storey office block with arched street-level arcade, the other a factory with a tall chimney beside rail sidings, with a further view of a mill or works below. A designer might take from them the sober, documentary look of early twentieth-century industrial corporate publishing, with grey tones, centred captions and simple framing.
