Blue book of small homes, Nationwide House Plan Service, Providence, R.I., 1937

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1937

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-354999

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Description

Plan book of small home designs. The dealer will also help customers finance their homes. Includes photographic prints and floor plans of designs. Text on the item verso reads, "New ideas by small home architects." Grossman's, a retailer of building materials, promotes its building supplies in the plan book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
building materials
photographic prints
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

EP005.002

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Nationwide House Plan Service (Providence, R.I.)

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

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