Liberty's amazing home values, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1929

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1929

Location Note

Box 8

GUSN

GUSN-360367

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Description

The beginning of the plan book explains all the services the consumer receives when ordering from the company. The second portion of the plan book contains design listings, with each listing including an illustration of the completed home, the price of the home, floor plans, and a brief description of the home's unique features.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
advertising
floor plans
business (commercial function)
illustrations (layout features)
estimates
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 10 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.484

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

Lewis Manufacturing Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Lewis Manufacturing Company

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 8

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