Help for the man who wants to build: a group of selected plans for small homes, vol. 2, The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass., 1921-1928

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1921-1928

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-355896

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Description

The book covers financing, building costs, and building materials. Includes floor plans and illustrations of house designs. Text in the publication reads "Edited by Maurice I. Flagg and Robert Taylor Jones for The Architects' Small House Service Bureau of The United States, Inc."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
building materials
floor plans
newspapers
illustrations (layout features)
bookstalls
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 book, 48 pages : illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.177

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Pittsfield (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Berkshire Evening Eagle (Publisher)

Material Type

bookstalls
printed ephemera

Other People

Jones, Robert T. (Robert Taylor), 1884-
Flagg, Maurice I. (Maurice Irwin), 1882-

Other Organizations

Berkshire Evening Eagle
Architects’ Small House Service Bureau

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Periodicals
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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