Home style trends, new ed., National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1958

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1958

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

GUSN

GUSN-357060

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Description

Plan book containing illustrations, floor plans, and dimensions for each house design. Text inside the item states that the homes in the catalog are modularly designed to take advantage of the "Lu-Re-Co" System of Construction developed by the Lumber Dealers Research Council. The item verso has text which reads, "W.A. Fuller Lumber Company, 26 Spruce Street, Leominster, Massachusetts."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
prefabrication
floor plans
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
lumber
construction (assembling)
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 32 pages : color illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.309

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Leominster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Lumber Dealers Research Council
National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Advertisement
House
Wood
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

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