Aladdin Homes "built in a day," catalog no. 28, North American Construction Company, Bay City, Michigan

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1916

Location Note

Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: General: Aladdin Homes

GUSN

GUSN-294078

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Description

The catalog has photographs, illustrations and floor plans for the prefabricated houses. Text on the front cover reads, "Aladdin Homes, E.A. Morgan, Highest Award World's Fair." A letter to the customer is pasted inside the front cover. A color chart describes the paint and wood dyes available to customers. An order form is attached in the back of the catalog. Two separate post cards, two leaflets for Aladdin models and a 1921 price list are included. The business won a medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
dwellings
prefabrication
floor plans
residential structures
world's fairs
trade catalogs
price lists

Physical Descrption

2 trade catalogs, 117 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.002.005.084

Image Dimensions

8 3/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

First copy gift of E.G. Shettleworth, Jr., 2012. Second copy gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)
San Francisco (San Francisco county, California)

Record Details

Originator

North American Construction Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs
price lists

Other Organizations

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Aladdin (Legendary character)

Accruals Note

Has been moved to Product Catalogues - Architecture and Architectural Elements - General - Aladdin Homes folder

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: General: Aladdin Homes

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