The story of shellac.
A 1928 trade booklet on shellac, the resin finish, published by William Zinsser & Co. Inc. for paint and finishing buyers and users. Its photographs show processing and harvesting: a worker stirring or handling a large mass of resin, a sheet of pale material held up by a figure, a tree in an open landscape, and a cover painted with a porter carrying a bag of shellac on a beach. A designer might take the warm amber tones, the plain documentary photography, and the bold cover lettering with its flat coastal illustration.
