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Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: Architectural ornaments and decorations
GUSN-269161
The brochure has a foreword discussing Hoyt Hardlead. It "can be stamped, formed or cast in any shape desired." It can also be substituted anywhere that regular sheet metal would be used. On the inside back cover is a list of Hoyt Hardlead installations on bulidings. The list includes the John Hays Hammond Estate in Gloucester, Mass, and also lists several Boston architecture firms. The brochure also shows a few photographs of representative ornamentation on buildings.
lead (metal)
spandrels (wall components)
gutters (building drainage components)
spires
statues
roofs
flashing (building components)
finials
leader heads
advertising
business (commercial function)
architectural elements
leadwork
brochures
1 brochure : illustrations ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
2000
EP001.12.002.001.006
Library & Archives Purchase
11 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.
New York City (New York state)
National Lead Company (Publisher)
brochures
Item
Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: Architectural ornaments and decorations
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