How to go about owning a home: what to do and what not to do; How to plan, finance, select the building site, construct, decorate, furnish and landscape your modern home, edited by Robert H. Sexton, Own Your Home Exposition, Inc., 512 Fifth Ave., New York City, N.Y.; 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill., 1924

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1924

Location Note

Box 11

GUSN

GUSN-364196

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • How to go about owning a home: what to do and what not to do; How to plan, finance, select the building site, construct, decorate, furnish and landscape your modern home, edited by Robert H. Sexton, Own Your Home Exposition, Inc., 512 Fifth Ave., New York City, N.Y.; 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill., 1924
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Description

Booklet published by Own Your Home Exposition, Inc. containing information on home owning, including topics such as site selection, financing, construction, and decoration, among others. Also featured are house designs which were featured in the Own Your Home Expositions in New York, New York, and Chicago, Illinois. Each design is accompanied by a floor plan, illustration, description, and dimensions. The booklet was "Compiled with the cooperation of the Public Spirited Men and Women Serving on the Exhibit Committees of the Own Your Home Expositions of New York and Chicago and Edited by Robert H. Sexton."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
exhibitions (events)
houses
construction (assembling)
illustrations (layout features)
floor plans
measurements (dimensions)
business (commercial function)
photographic prints
printed ephemera
booklets

Physical Descrption

1 booklet, 24 pages : illustrations, photographic prints, plans ; 9 x 6 7/8 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.780

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Own Your Home Exposition, Inc. (Publisher)
Sexton, Robert H. (Editor)

Material Type

printed ephemera
booklets

Other Organizations

Own Your Home Exposition, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
Architecture
House
Expositions
Building

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 11

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