Collection of American home building trade catalogs from the first half of the twentieth century, including examples of catalogs focused on kit and readi-cut houses, stucco house plans, California Colonial house plans, small or modestly priced homes, wood and steel portable garages and other buildings, complete garage sets, lock-joint columns..... More
A collection of 58 non-consecutive issues of the newsletter put out by the Safety Department of the Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Co. (M.W.A.K.) for its workers, together with a single bonus unnumbered newsletter, edited by Pete Shrauger, most issues approx. 6-12 pp. and printed on various colors of paper, with information including notices..... More
Collection of photographs of approximately 150 different businesses and associations in the St. Louis area and throughout Missouri and Illinois utilizing Butler rigid-frame pre-engineered buildings, including manufacturing, distributing, civic buildings, small businesses, bowling alleys, car manufacturers and dealerships, and bottling companies, organized alphabetically into two photo albums with alphabetized indices..... More
Two parts in one volume, 433 and 365 pp., regarding the construction of the Stevens Hotel and the Stevens Hotel Service Building, including "specifications for the materials and labor for the...Work required in the erection and completion of a 25-story, basement and sub-basement fireproof hotel building, located on Michigan Boulevard..... More
16 pp. sales brochure printed by the American Type Founders Company on the exposition floor at the 1922 Boston Graphic Arts Exposition, to promote its line of printing and typesetting equipment, including the Liberty Quick Chane Folders with Kelly Automatic Feeder, Boston Wire Stitchers, Chandler & Price Presses and Paper..... More
2 vols., XII, 644, VIII, 731 pp. exhaustive review of all the notable architecture and commercial construction in Hamburg, including public buildings, civic institutions, housing, parks, port facilities, shipbuilding, urban infrastructure and ground transportation, bibliography, index, 2566 text illustrations from photos and plans, 22 folding plates from maps and plans..... More
48 pp. type specimen catalogue from the landmark type foundry, presenting numerous examples of the various uses of typefaces in a range of commercial printing applications, including stationary, magazine ads, notices, and trade catalogues, plus two folding plates including a replica of a large newspaper ad for a clothing store..... More