National homes, 1959, National Homes Corporation, 1959

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1959

Location Note

Box 10

GUSN

GUSN-362586

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Description

Plan book advertising prefabricated homes manufactured by National Homes Corporation. Includes product specifications and designs, floor plans, illustrations, and some descriptions of the features of prefabricated houses. Published by the National Homes Corporation.

On the front cover is a distributor's stamp reading: "Alfonce Kontout, Inc. / 'Your National Homes Dealer' / Watertown, Conn. / CRestwood 4-3818."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
prefabrication
houses
construction (assembling)
floor plans
illustrations (layout features)
specifications
business (commercial function)
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, plans ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.723

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Record Details

Originator

National Homes Corporation (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

National Homes Corporation
Alfonce Kontout, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
Prefabricated houses
House
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 10

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