House beautiful homes: a collection of designs for small houses made by registered architects especially for the House Beautiful Magazine, House Beautiful Publishing Co., Inc., 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass., 1921

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1921

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-358779

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • House beautiful homes: a collection of designs for small houses made by registered architects especially for the House Beautiful Magazine, House Beautiful Publishing Co., Inc., 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass., 1921
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Description

Plan book of designs published by the House Beautiful Publishing Company. Each listing comes with a photographic print of the completed house, floor plans, descriptions of features of the house, the price of the plans, and individual room dimensions. The back of the plan book also provides plans for garages that can be used with each of the houses.

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
garages
advertising
business (commercial function)
photographic prints
measurements (dimensions)
estimates
architects
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.414

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

House Beautiful Publishing Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

House Beautiful Publishing Company
House beautiful

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Architectural photography
Architects and builders
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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