Hodgson portable houses, E. F. Hodgson Co., 71-73 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1921

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1921

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-356012

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Description

The Boston and New York offices and showrooms can be seen in photographic prints. According to testimonials on the back cover Louise Carnegie, wife of Andrew Carnegie, owned a Hodgson house and a Hodgson house structure was sent to Queen Elisabeth for Belgium war relief support. 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. Plan book includes photographic prints and some floor plans for designs. Price list can be found in back of plan book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
portable buildings
price lists
prefabrication
pets
poultry houses
photographic prints
testimonials
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 32 pages : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.201

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

E.F. Hodgson Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other People

Elisabeth, Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1876-1965
Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946

Other Organizations

E.F. Hodgson Co.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Pet
Poultry
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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