From: Katie Kirby <curator@threelakesmuseum.org> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:36:04 -0500 Message-ID: <CAEHaZvOkQWoe_+jwt4H+fk1yxYWoj3iiJmXsBHzgSmxVpV2izw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Historic Paint colors for commercial buildings
We've got a small building we are turning into a country/general store
exhibit and facing some challenges when deciding on paint colors. We would
like to represent what general stores looked and felt like in the
Northwoods at the turn of the century.
If I'm assuming correctly, most rural commercial buildings were white
(white lead, whitewash?), but what about trim or accents? In this photo you
can see the trim is a different color but as it is a black and white photo,
it's hard to tell what it would have been.
Does anyone have experience with this and could tell us what the most
common paint colors for commercial general stores in a logging town were?
My internet research has not been very fruitful at all. Thank you!
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