"50% cheaper than paint," Cabot's creosote stains, Samuel Cabot, Inc., Boston, Mass., 1920 October

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1920

Location Note

Box 10

GUSN

GUSN-362091

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Description

Page advertisement for creosote stains manufactured by Samuel Cabot, Inc. Includes illustration of a house with roof shingles stained with Cabot's creosote stain. The advertisement was published in October 1920 in Architectural Record, Atlantic Monthly, Century, Harper's, Munsey's, Review of Reviews, Scribner's, and World's Work magazines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
stain (coating)
creosote
roofing
siding (material)
illustrations (layout features)
shingle
printed ephemera
advertisements

Physical Descrption

1 page advertisement : color illustration ; 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.699

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Samuel Cabot Incorporated (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
advertisements

Other Organizations

Samuel Cabot Incorporated
Architectural record
Atlantic Monthly
Century Magazine
Harper's Magazine Foundation
Munsey's magazine
Review of reviews
Scribner's Magazine
The World's Work

Subjects

Advertisement
Roof
Shingles
Paint

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 10

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