Hodgson portable houses, E. F. Hodgson Co., 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass.; 6 East 39th Street, New York, N.Y., 1926

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1926

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-356109

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Description

Hodgson houses are displayed in photographic prints, illustrations, and cross sections throughout the plan book. Page 96 has photographic prints of the houses erected on Boston Common during World War I.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
portable buildings
price lists
prefabrication
photographic prints
cross sections
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 96 pages : illustrations, photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.226

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
South Sudbury (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

E.F. Hodgson Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

E.F. Hodgson Co.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architectural photography
Architecture

Descriptive Terms

World War I

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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