Yet another PDF

[ffutures]

I've put up the modified PDF with the colour illo and one other illo replaced by the one that was omitted.

Something that's struck me about that colour picture of the dock - most of the people at ground level are wearing jackets with big high-visibility logos on the back, the sort of thing someone working at e.g. a harbour or a constructions site might wear today. Was this something Kipling came up with on his own, or were they already around?

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[resonant.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia says the first intentionally high-visibility clothing was used in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-visibility_clothing

Fishermen wore yellow coats from the 1850s onwards, but that was a byproduct of the linseed oil used for waterproofing.

http://www.davidmorgan.com/waxedcotton.html

"International Orange" and "Safety Orange" were globally recognized as high-visibility colours for signage and structures well before 1937, when the Golden Gate bridge was painted International Orange. I don't know if it was used in clothing by then, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Looking at this again, they're numbers rather than logos - maybe to show which dock they work at or something - and not that visible, so I think I'd better forget that as another successful prediction.