Tuesday, August 16, 2016
It's a crying shame
In my wandering through old trade journals via Googlebooks I'm always casually watching for mentions of familiar places. Spokane gets plenty of news and discussion in electrical and streetcar journals, because Washington Water Power (now Avista) was a genuine pioneer and role model in both fields. I haven't seen anything from Spokane in printing trade journals until this....
Context: 'Inland Printer' had a column inviting print shops to send in samples of their work for review and publicity. Most of the reviews are detailed and constructive, suggesting better ways to use fonts and colors and proportion. Not this one! A classic bad review.
Also the 'stuttering and stammering doctor' is intriguing. Was he a doctor who made a trademark of his stuttering, or a doctor specializing in stuttering, ie a speech therapist? We'll never know.
Context: 'Inland Printer' had a column inviting print shops to send in samples of their work for review and publicity. Most of the reviews are detailed and constructive, suggesting better ways to use fonts and colors and proportion. Not this one! A classic bad review.
Also the 'stuttering and stammering doctor' is intriguing. Was he a doctor who made a trademark of his stuttering, or a doctor specializing in stuttering, ie a speech therapist? We'll never know.
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