Colorful homes, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359326

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Description

Plan book for house designs published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with the design number, a room count, an illustration of the completed house, a description of unique features of the design, and floor plans. The back of the plan book provides an index for each of the blueprints and and inquiry sheet for more information.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
floor plans
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
indexes (reference sources)
printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 11 3/4 x 9 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.460

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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