1940-1950, undated
Box 35
GUSN-329536
Untitled scrapbook containing undated pages taken from books as well as other publications, each depicting a different house design by Royal Barry Wills and his firm Royal Barry Wills Associates. A typewritten table of contents groups the designs into the following categories: Cape Cod, Cape Cod with Bow Roof, Gambril [sic] roof, Garrison, Colonial, French, and Contemporary. Most designs are from the books Better Houses for Budgeteers, Houses for Homemakers, and Planning Your Home Wisely. Other designs were done for the magazines Good Housekeeping, Life, McCall's, Pic, and This Week as well as Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
houses
architects
architectural firms
architecture (discipline)
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
1 scrapbook ; 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 2 inches
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2017
AR029.03.02.052
Gift
14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 2 (HxWxD)(inches)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Compiler)
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
House
Architecture
([c1941]). Better houses for budgeteers; sketches and plans by Royal Barry Wills.. Architectural Book Publishing Co., inc..
([1945]). Houses for homemakers, by Royal Barry Wills.. F. Watts, inc..
File
Box 35
Good Housekeeping Magazine "Snug but Spacious" model house
PIC Magazine model house
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