The Boston Herald-Traveler's book of homes: how to plan, finance and build your home, Building Department of the Boston Herald and Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1922

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1922

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-358796

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Description

Plan book of house designs published by the Building Department of the Boston Herald and Traveler. The first portion of the plan book provides articles discussing topics of construction, maintenance, and decoration. The house designs in the latter portion of the plan book contains the house designs (most done by Boston-based architect Robert Louis Stevenson), illustrations, a floor plan, a plan number, a brief description of the house's features, and cost estimates.

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
articles
houses
advertising
newspapers
business (commercial function)
illustrations (layout features)
construction (assembling)
maintenance
interior decoration
estimates
architects
trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 10 3/4 x 8 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.427

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Herald-Traveler (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Other People

Stevenson, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1883-

Other Organizations

Boston Herald-Traveler

Subjects

Advertisement
Architects and builders
House
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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