Sign Painting Course by E.C. Matthews. Published by Nelson-Hall Co., Publisher, Chicago, IL; 1960 (new edition: revised and enlarged).
Hardbound; Numerous black-and-white line art illustrations and alphabets; 150 pages
Items came from Boxell Signs, which was a long established sign company, whose owner acquired a number of other sign businesses and had had an outdoor plant.
Also, lease agreement and order forms (in hard copy file).
“E.C. Matthews was probably one of the more prolific authors of his time with between 15-20 different titles known. Besides being an outstanding sign writer, he was also an accomplished artist and illustrator. This bok is heavily illustrated with his layouts, letterstyles, and ornaments but the text which covers about half of each page is equally informative. It is hard to call this book a beginning to end of course on hwo to paint signs, but he did fill the pages with core day-to-day information that many sign designers and painters might need to know.” -from signmuseum.com via The Wayback Machine
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