Paint & Painting Defects their Detection, Cause & Cure.
A 1912 trade manual by J. C. Smith, published by Trade Papers Publishing, aimed at painters and builders who needed to test paint, diagnose its failures and correct them. The pictures are small, plain trade illustrations: a decorative script advertisement heading for Satinette Enamels, and a cast-iron geared machine with a large hand wheel and a cylindrical drum, shown in a sketchy outline against a cream ground. A designer could take the clean vintage lettering and the robust industrial machine forms as period reference for utilitarian graphics.
