Pittsburgh, PA. Heinz 57 Varieties. 1933. Brochure touts the Heinz company's contribution to the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. Replicas of eight kitchens representing "kitchens of many lands," past and present, are featured as the centrefold of the brochure 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches, unfolding to a....
Topeka, Kansas. Garlinghouse. 1949. Booklet promoting exceedingly small but inexpensive houses to meet post WWII housing demands; 10 1/2 x 8 inches; 16 pp., paper wrappers; illustrated with line drawings, floor plans, and descriptive text. Construction materials include poured concrete for foundations, asbestos-cement shingles, concrete block masonry, etc. Some but...
Topeka, Kansas. L. F. Garlinghouse Company, Inc., No date. Ca. 1948. Magazine format home design catalog, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 72 pp., color pictorial stiff card covers, featuring black and white photos of numerous homes, two or three to a page, together with floor plans. The catalog appears...
Boise Payette Lumber Company. 1940. Issue No. 3. Twelve page brochure, 10 x 8 inches, pictorial paper wrappers, comprised chiefly of short chatty illustrated articles pertaining to historic homes, rustic homes, home interiors etc. An illustrated centerfold pictures four variants on the floor plan of a two bedroom house, showing...
New York. Hearst. 09- 1949. September 1949 complete issue of the magazine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white, 180pp, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, crease to cover corners, light soiling to back cover, very good condition. A fascinating glimpse into post-war interior design and architecture. Articles include...
Lancaster, PA. Armstrong Cork Company. 1948. 20 pp booklet, 7 x 5 inches, in pictorial paper wraps. Four inch triangular water stain from spine to lower margin, most noticeable on back cover. Spotting to front cover. Despite flaws, an interesting and colorful publication. The emphasis of the booklet is on...
New York. Authentic Publications. 1949. First Edition. Magazine format house-plan catalog; 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches; 48 pp. Text on the interior of front and rear covers printed upside down; evidently nobody noticed or cared. Covers show wear; spine is frayed; creasing and short tears with 1½ inch tear...
Shahn, Ben (cover illus).
Chicago. United States Gypsum. Late Spring 1949. 14 pp pamphlet, 12 x 8.5 inches, featuring house plans and adverts for US Gypsum products. Light spotting to rear cover, otherwise good clean condition. The pamphlet pictures various new homes together with their floor plans; blueprints of these...
Portland, OR. Home Building Plan Service. Copyright 1958. Booklet with photographic, full color and duo-tone illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans, 72 pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, green-tone pictorial paper wrappers. Light soiling and wear to covers, previous owner's name in ink on front cover; ink "rearrangement" of...
Bay City, Michigan. Aladdin Company. Copyright 1953. 47th annual edition. Booklet, color and black and white illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans, 64 pp, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, in color pictorial paper wraps. A few short tears to covers; paper loss to spine; fold to rear cover. Overall...
Chicago. National Plan Service, Inc., 1954. Color illustrated booklet, 8 1/4 x 11 inches, 32 pp., pictorial card covers. An interesting array of 34 home designs from the mid-1950s that document the intriguing changes in home design unfolding in that period. The designs are displayed one or two to a....
Chicago. National Plan Service. 1960. 32 page brochure, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, featuring contemporary home plans illustrated with line drawings of exteriors. Obligatory leafy surrounds on all home illustrations. Most of the homes feature single level floor plans that include "with" or "without basement" options. A garage or...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 02- 1886. Chromolithograph, sheet 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches, plus second sheet with floor plans. One inch mended tear into mid right edge of illustration and top edge of floor plan, a few short tears to lower edge, soiled spot to lower...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 12- 1885. Chromolithographs on two sheets each 15 3/4 x 11 inches, Mended short tear to upper edge of each sheet, faint offsetting; otherwise very good condition. Illustration and plan of a particularly impressive dwelling with stone facade to the lower floor, turrets...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 05- 1886. Chromolithograph, two sheets each 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Light ink stain along lower margin of upper sheet and upper margin of lower sheet (mainly outside image area), faint offsetting, lower sheet has been printed at an angle with the...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 03- 1886. Two chromolithographs on sheet, 15 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches, centrefold as issued. Mended tears to left and right edge, faint offsetting; otherwise good condition. Image No.1 shows a Front and Side view of the house with floor plans for the...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 07- 1890. Color print on sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Small chips to upper edge and loss at upper right corner, dampstain to upper right corner, a few small spots to lower margin, soft creases to lower left corner, several mended...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 05- 1887. Chromolithograph, sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, matted to 20 x 16 inches. Minimal short tears to lower edge, tight right edge: otherwise very good condition. At the top of the sheet is an elaborate Victorian dwelling with stained glass...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 09- 1886. Chromolithograph, sheet 16 x 10 1/2 inches. Mended short tear to upper left edge, remains of tissue guard along a portion of the left edge (just outside image area); otherwise very good condition. An elegant sea front dwelling with turret and...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 07- 1887. Chromolithograph, sheet 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. A couple of mended short tears to lower left edge and lower right corner (outside image area), otherwise very good condition. The top of the sheet illustrates a three story Victorian dwelling with...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 05- 1888. Chromolithograph, sheet 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Uneven lower edge with a couple of short edge tears (one mended), otherwise very good condition. Elevation (no floor plan) of a two-floor Victorian dwelling with attractive stained glass and woodwork features, issued...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 09- 1888. Chromolithograph, on sheet 10 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Faint 1/2 x 1 3/4 inch outline in upper right margin (outside image area), light offsetting in upper margin, small area of chipping in lower right corner, otherwise very good condition. This...
Stark, Joseph A. (architect).
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 06- 1886. Chromolithograph, double page sheet 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Split at either end of centrefold, repaired chip at lower right corner, couple of tiny tears at lower edge, soft crease to lower left corner. Overall very...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 06- 1888. Chromolithograph, sheet 11 x 15 3/4 inches. Faint offsetting, otherwise very good condition. Elevation (no floor plan) of a distinguished dwelling in this exclusive enclave in New York state, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which was built in...
Scientific American - Architects and Builders Edition. 07- 1889. Chromolithograph, sheet 10 1/2 x 16 inches. A few mended short tears to lower edge, upper edge has been cropped; otherwise very good condition. The top of the sheet illustrates an elegant and expansive dwelling featuring an attractive front porch and...
