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Aladdin Houses built in a day catalogs no. 26, North American Construction Company, Bay City, Michigan

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1915

Location Note

Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: General: Aladdin Homes

GUSN

GUSN-283584

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Description

The catalog has photographs, illustrations and floor plans for the prefabricated houses. Text on the front cover reads, "Aladdin Readi-Cut Houses sold by the Golden Rule." The story of "Aladdin" is told inside the front cover. One copy has a separate letter to the customer, envelope, leaflet describing lumber grading and pamphlet describing Aladdin Houses.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
dwellings
prefabrication
floor plans
residential structures
trade catalogs

Physical Description

2 trade catalogs, 128 pages : illustrations ; 9 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.002.005.057

Image Dimensions

9 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas Leavitt, January 1991.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

North American Construction Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Aladdin (Legendary character)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: General: Aladdin Homes

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