Alpha cement: why people like concrete homes, Alpha Portland Cement Company, Chicago, Ill., 1947

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1947

Location Note

Box 5

GUSN

GUSN-358648

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Description

Plan book for homes primarily made from concrete. Along with house designs and their associated floor plans, each comes with a certain feature as to why the home is better for being made out of concrete. Also interspersed in the pages are short spreads on how houses made of concrete are built along with associated photographs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portland cement
houses
floor plans
concrete
advertising
business (commercial function)
photographic prints
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.368

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Alpha Portland Cement Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Alpha Portland Cement Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Cement
Concrete
House
Architectural photography
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 5

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