The famous fifty and other favorite homes, International Mill & Timber Company, Bay City, Mich., 1916

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1916

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

GUSN

GUSN-355519

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Description

Logging, testimonials, financing, and the items included in the purchase are described in the plan book with a letter to customers from the president of the Sterling System of Home Building. Photographic prints, descriptions, specifications, and floor plans are provided for each design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
prefabrication
families
testimonials
photographic prints
specifications
lumber
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 128 pages : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.103

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

International Mill & Timber Company (Publisher)
Wells and Company (Printer)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

International Mill & Timber Company
Wells and Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Prefabricated houses
House
Wood
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

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