Word: repaint
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fish dealer, you know," the license magnate continued, "and that fish of mine on the license has as definite a purpose. We used to identify the licenses in various years by the color only," Goodwin said, "but every year 20 or 30 people took it upon themselves to repaint the plates to save their registration; we then decided to put on some mark of identification, and have used the cod as such this year...
Whether a proper analysis or not, the 1926 situation gives one explanation for the offer the Ford Co. made its dealers last week. For $60 the company will put any 1925 model Ford, no matter what its condition, in first class running order. It will reupholster and repaint such a car, rebuild the motor, and then guarantee the whole job for three months. Thus a dealer can offer high value for a broken down 1925 Ford on a trade-in or he can sell remade cars at bargain prices...
...developed into a valuable addition to the expert's equipment for judging the antiqritv or genuineness of paintings more than 100 years old, or for estimating in some cases the evidence of authorship on more tangible grounds than style and feeling. This development involves the detection of repaint. . . Also a new method or studying the materials used by the artist, including woods, canvasses, gesso, and other rounds, pigment--both old and new--and the various methods of manipulating these materials...