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1935 National Better Homes Contest, New Home--Sweepstakes Winner

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1935

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

GUSN

GUSN-199096

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Description

The National Better Homes Contest was sponsored by "Better Homes and Gardens" magazine. This photograph of the contest winner is of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Newhall in Needham, Massachusetts and shows favored interiors of the mid 1930s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

contests
interior design
interior views
houses
dwellings
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR192OVR

Physical Description

2 photographic prints : black-and-white ; 16 x 21 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.192

Image Dimensions

16 x 21 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Needham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Better Homes and Gardens (Publisher)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Newhall, Roland

Restrictions

good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

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