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Expanded Vermiculite Caspro Plaster Aggregate, California Stucco Products of N.E., Inc. 169 Waverley Street, Cambridge, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Product catalogues: Building materials: Plaster

GUSN

GUSN-292525

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Description

Product features are described for potential customers. There is a table with the title "A summary of fire-resistance ratings using metal lath and lightweight aggregate-gypsum plaster." The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Building on Berkeley Street was fireproofed with the plaster. The Boston University buildings on Commonwealth Avenue are also shown. Text on the front cover margin reads, "A.I.A. File-21-A7."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
plaster
fireproofing
brochures

Physical Description

1 brochure : illustrations ; 11 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.006.010.003

Image Dimensions

11 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

California Stucco Products of New England, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

brochures

Subjects

Berkeley Street (Boston, Mass.)
Commonwealth Avenue (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Building materials: Plaster

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