1957
Box 11
GUSN-362612
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.
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
1 plan book, 95 pages : color illustrations, photographic prints, plans ; 10 3/16 x 13 7/8 inches
EP005
Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
2023
EP005.755
Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023
Fitchburg (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)
printed ephemera
pattern books
National Plan Service, Inc.
Webber Lumber & Supply Company
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Women
Domesticity
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture
Women's Congress on Housing
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Box 11
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