Low-cost cottage construction in America: a study based on the housing collection in the Harvard Social Museum, no. 7, by Winthrop A. Hamlin, Harvard University, Department of Social Ethics, Cambridge, Mass., 1917

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1917

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-355429

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • Low-cost cottage construction in America: a study based on the housing collection in the Harvard Social Museum, no. 7, by Winthrop A. Hamlin, Harvard University, Department of Social Ethics, Cambridge, Mass., 1917
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Description

The survey examines building materials used in house construction such as brick, concrete, hollow tile, and stucco with photographic prints of examples from around the country.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
cottages
floor plans
building materials
brick (clay product)
structural clay tile
concrete
stucco
prefabrication
photographic prints
construction (assembling)
surveys (documents)
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 survey, 30 pages : photographic prints

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.069

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Hamlin, Winthrop Abbott (Author)
Harvard University. Department of Social Ethics (Publisher)

Material Type

surveys (documents)
printed ephemera

Other People

Hamlin, Winthrop Abbott

Other Organizations

Harvard University. Department of Social Ethics

Subjects

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Prefabricated houses
House
Cottage
Architectural photography
Periodicals

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

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