Home Owner's Handbook, vol. 4, Science and Mechanics Publishing Company, 49 East Superior Street, Chicago, Ill., 1952

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1952

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

GUSN

GUSN-355531

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Description

Volume 4 of the Home Owner's Handbook. Text on the front cover reads, "Over 65 articles, remodeling, weatherproofing, insulating, heating and wiring, installing TV sets, laying shingles, home gardening, building modern and period furniture, making storm sash and screens plus a new series of attractive house plans." In the cover illustration a family prepares to eat outdoors as the father installs shingles on the roof.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
remodeling
carpentry
heating (physicochemical process)
barbecue grills
families
articles
weatherproofing
insulation
electric wiring
shingle
furniture
illustrations (layout features)
floor plans
handbooks
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 handbook, 192 pages : illustrations

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.110

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Science and Mechanics Publishing Company
(Publisher)

Material Type

handbooks
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Science and Mechanics Publishing Company

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Periodicals

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

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