Summer living, rev. ed., National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1953

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1953

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

GUSN

GUSN-355690

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Description

Floor plans, illustrations, and descriptions are provided for summer homes. There are also plans for birdhouses, outdoor furniture, outdoor grills, and outdoor play equipment. Help with the plans is available from M.F. Ashley & Co., Inc., 75 Holman Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts. The cover illustration depicts a father and son fishing from a pier while the mother relaxes in front of their vacation home. The dog on the pier is a Boston Bull Terrier.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
cottages
log cabins (houses)
tourist cabins
boathouses
floor plans
families
fishing
vacation houses
summer houses (seasonal dwellings)
birdhouses
illustrations (layout features)
prefabrication
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations (some color), plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.131

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Attleboro (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
Summer
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

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