The center of your world, Curtis Service Bureau, Clinton, Ohio, circa 1920

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

c. 1920

Location Note

Box 11

GUSN

GUSN-364189

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Description

Trade catalog published by the Curtis Service Bureau advertising the company's prefabricated homes. Provides a detailed description of each architectural style, including Colonial, English, Southern, and Western. Includes illustrations of the interiors and exteriors of the designs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
Colonial American styles
English
interior views
exterior views
illustrations (layout features)
prefabrication
business (commercial function)
printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 trade catalog, 13 pages : illustrations ; 9 1/2 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP005.787

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Clinton (Knox county, Ohio)

Record Details

Originator

Curtis Companies (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Other Organizations

Curtis Companies

Subjects

Advertisement
Architecture
Prefabricated houses
House
Architecture, Colonial

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 11

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