http://medren.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] medren.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2010-04-15 06:20 pm
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Lead Industries Association, 1939

Ah, lead paint...I can't see that there will ever be a problem with that...


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[identity profile] leoprincess.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you could cover a house with lead, it would just about last forever."
I'm sure the human occupants with very young children will appreciate that.

[identity profile] singeaddams.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"What to expect from White Lead paint."

Um...

[identity profile] albear.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Mining lead???????????

The guy died 5-8 years after his picture was taken. And 65 years after we saw it on Vintage Ads.

[identity profile] janenx01.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so writing for that pamphlet today.

I am so horrified that they are not wearing masks while mining for lead.

[identity profile] corridor7f.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm... white lead.

[identity profile] kartusch.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
"never goes brittle and flakes" my ass anyone old enough to live in a house with lead painted window sills knows exactly what I am talking about.

[identity profile] willowind76.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Dear god this is horrifyingly nieve...but I can't help but wonder what today's "lead/mercury/other harmful things..." is going to make our grandchildren say the say the same thing about something we considered "convenient"

[identity profile] zare-k.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
White lead also makes a great foundation makeup!

[identity profile] library-chair.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Except that it's so heavy it eventually falls off the walls...

[identity profile] chuckloris.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lead White" still exists as an oil painting color. Some people use it instead of gesso to prime canvases/whatever. But they don't use it for houses anymore. I hope. Actually, there are still a few colors for painting that have lead in them. Also, Cadmium is pretty bad too. Snobby artists think that since people in the past used it, it's better than new, safer paint. Yay.
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