Style trends: select your new home now, 3rd ed., National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1945

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1945

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

GUSN

GUSN-357064

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Description

The plan book has modern designs incorporating traditional elements such as Cape Cod, colonial, and early American. A section in the back provides tips on living rooms, dining rooms, bathrooms, utility closets, and attics. Includes illustrations, floor plans, and dimensions for each house design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
Cape Cod houses
Colonial American styles
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 40 pages : color illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.311

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture, Colonial
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

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