Big Shadows--Industrial Silhouettescapes, 1936

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In my experience with images in silhouette, the technical adaptations are very unusual (at least for things that are not spotter guides for enemy aircraft or ships-at-night)--more uncommon still are industrial buildings rendered in silhouette.  But here's an example, taken from the Illustrirte Zeitung (Leipzig) for 1936.  These are factories in the Feldmuehle Papier- und Zellstoffwerke company, and are really quite attractive.

The following two images are details from the 14th silhouette, at bottom-center:

 

And the full-pahe ads looks so: