Defoe homes, The Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Mich., 1946

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1946

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-355052

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Description

Plan book includes illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions for the designs. The Defoe system is the creation of prefabricated panels to meet home building needs. The description indicates that the business has not yet started volume manufacturing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
trade catalogs
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 8 pages : color illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.023

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

Defoe Shipbuilding Company (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs
printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

Defoe Shipbuilding Company

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Advertisement
House
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

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