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1921
EP005, HGO-005
GUSN-322201
The structures shown in the catalog include houses, playhouses, livestock buildings and clubhouses. Hodgson has a factory and outdoor exhibit in Dover, Massachusetts. The New York show room is in the Craftsman Bldg., 6 East 39th Street, corner 5th Avenue, New York City. The item has a double page photograph in the center showing a group of Hodgson portable Houses used by the Massachusetts Public Safety Committee on Boston Common. The cover has a Hodgson structure used an an Army and Navy Canteer on Boston Common. The State House can be seen in the background.
advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
dwellings
portable buildings
floor plans
canteens (eating and recreation spaces)
children's playhouses
animal housing (farm structures)
clubhouses
capitols
public buildings
government office buildings
trade catalogs
2 trade catalogs : illustrations ; 5 1/4 x 8 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.002.005.128
5 1/4 x 8 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, 2013. Second copy gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
trade catalogs
Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety.
Architectural photography
Federal Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Item
EP005, HGO-005
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