[Plan book], Dix Lumber Company, North Cambridge, Mass., 1926

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1926

Location Note

Box 5

GUSN

GUSN-358653

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Description

Plan book of house designs from the Dix Lumber Company. Listings include color or black-and-white photographic prints of the completed homes, dimensions, design number, floor plan, and a brief descriptiojn of the design's key features. Also interspersed are articles describing the materials used to build the house and advertisements for additional amenities (e.g., furnaces, faucets).

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
advertising
business (commercial function)
lumber
photographic prints
measurements (dimensions)
articles
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : photographic prints (some color), plans ; 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.372

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

North Cambridge (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Dix Lumber Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Dix Lumber Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Wood
House
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 5

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