Aladdin homes "built in a day," catalog no. 32, The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1919

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1919

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-355891

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Description

The plan book has photographic prints, illustrations, and floor plans for the prefabricated houses. An Aladdin figure is shown on the front cover, reading: "Aladdin Readi-Cut Houses sold by the Golden Rule." Text on the back cover reads, "Presented to D.R. Smith." Below the indexes, inside the back cover, is a color illustration of a little boy pedaling his wagon past a picket fence. A little girl picks flowers in the title page illustration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
prefabrication
photographic prints
illustrations (layout features)
indexes (reference sources)
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 116 pages : illustrations (some color), photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.174

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

Aladdin Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Aladdin Company

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Advertisement
House
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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