A "cheap" roof is the most expensive roof you can buy, a Tilo roof is the most economical roof you can buy, Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Jamaica, N.Y., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Box 10

GUSN

GUSN-362074

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Description

Poster advertising the roofing products manufactured by the Tilo Roofing Company over those of competitors. Photographs of a factory with a Tilo roof and of a Tilo office are on the recto. Illustrations of houses with Tilo roofs are pictured on the verso of the poster.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
roofing
houses
factories (structures)
offices (work spaces)
photographs
illustrations (layout features)
printed ephemera
posters

Physical Descrption

1 poster : color illustrations ; 4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (folded) ; 13 x 11 1/2 inches (unfolded)

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.691

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Jamaica (Queens, New York City, New York state) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Tilo Roofing Company (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
posters

Other Organizations

Tilo Roofing Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Roof
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 10

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