Monsanto house of tomorrow, Monsanto Chemical Company, Plastics Division, Springfield, Mass., 1956

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1956

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

GUSN

GUSN-356928

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Description

Trade catalog detailing efforts to design and build a house constructed of plastic by the Monsanto Chemical Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The article is reprinted from "Popular Science," April 1956.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
plastic (organic material)
construction (assembling)
illustrations (layout features)
photographic prints
trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 trade catalog : illustrations (some color), photographic prints

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.297

Credit Line

Gift opf Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Springfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Monsanto Chemical Company. Plastics Division (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monsanto Chemical Company. Plastics Division
Popular science

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Plastic
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

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