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Thanks for the interesting article.
See below for a photo of motorcycle riders’ puttees that use metal closures:
https://www.goldenagemotorcycleclothing.com/puttees.htm
Cat Pragoff
ASK US, NH Union Leader
Most of the art shown was probably a black and white photo that was retouched using an airbrush, then screened in a graphic arts camera. I actually apprenticed at Buffalo Big Print early in my career doing just that !
I remember staring at catalogs like this when I was young. Photography could never rival illustrations for things like these shiny objects. Now, I can create a perfectly lit “scene” in my 3D software and spit out these shapes in a matter of minutes instead of hours.
Thanks, Gene. Love your scans and worldly perspective.
I don’t see how photographs of small parts like these could ever be as informative and pleasing to look at as these drawings are.
Gene, I appreciate your romanticism about being a “manufacturer of something” but I’m sure that in today’s world it would end up being a problematic business … unless there happened to be a big uptick in demand for grommets and you caught it at just the right time!
It made me think of the old Bob & Ray bit about the paper clip factory that made paper clips by hand. The output of the factory was so small and the wages so low that the workers wore rags, foraged for food, and lived in caves.
Fantastic drawings! You are a manufacturer of articles that make me happy!