What a home should be, National Plan Service, Inc., 1957

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1957

Location Note

Box 11

GUSN

GUSN-362612

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Description

Plan book containing designs for houses, rooms within houses, and information on household appliances based on feedback obtained from the Women's Congress on Housing. Details the main concerns of attendees at the Women's Congress on Housing and provides solutions to these concerns through designs for different solutions produced by architects, designers, and builders. Each design comes with a floor plan, the design number, an illustration of the design, square footage measurements, and a description of its unique features. Illustrations are included throughout the book to further illustrate the designs and solutions discussed throughout. Published by the National Plan Service, Inc.

Front cover advertises Webber Lumber & Supply Co., based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
mothers
families
houses
modern (generic time frame)
renovation
interior design
appliances
floor plans
illustrations (layout features)
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
photographic prints
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 95 pages : color illustrations, photographic prints, plans ; 10 3/16 x 13 7/8 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.755

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Fitchburg (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.
Webber Lumber & Supply Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Women
Domesticity
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Descriptive Terms

Women's Congress on Housing

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 11

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