Popular homes...practical in design...planned for today's homemaker, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1960

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1960

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

GUSN

GUSN-357066

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Description

Plan book containing illustrations and floor plans for house designs. The catalog highlights indoor-outdoor features such as fireplaces, easy care floors, sliding glass doors, and patios to add to the house layout through photographs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
floor plans
prefabrication
housewives (people)
indoor-outdoor carpets
fireplaces
patios
illustrations (layout features)
photographs
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 32 pages : illustrations (some color), plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.313

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 4

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