Expansible homes designed to grow, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1952

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1952

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359295

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Description

Plan book for expansible homes published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with illustrations of the completed plans, floor plans, dimensions, and a brief desctiption of unique features. Each listing also comes with optional plans, with a page flap between each two-page spread showcasing the additions to the completed image design and the accompanying floor plans.

The front cover advertises J. G. Deering & Son, located in Biddeford, Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

additions (general components)
floor plans
houses
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.447

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Biddeford (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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