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Aladdin homes, catalog no. 33, 2nd ed., The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Michigan

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1922

Location Note

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

GUSN

GUSN-294082

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Description

The catalog has photographs, illustrations and floor plans for the prefabricated houses. An order form is attached in the back of the catalog. Text on the front cover reads, "Aladdin Homes presented to E. Chamberlain." The business won a medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. A separate price list and brochure describing model homes is included. A letterhead and postcard from S.H. & A.R. Doten, lumber, Portland, Maine is inside the catalog. An unidentified hand drawn floor plan and measurements for a house is inside the catalog.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
dwellings
prefabrication
floor plans
residential structures
world's fairs
trade catalogs
price lists

Physical Description

1 trade catalog, 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.002.005.086

Image Dimensions

8 1/4 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of E.G. Shettleworth, Jr., 2012.

Places

Bay City (Bay county, Michigan)
San Francisco (San Francisco county, California)
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Aladdin Company (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs
price lists

Other Organizations

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

Prefabricated houses
Aladdin (Legendary character)

Accruals Note

Has been moved to Product Catalogues - Architecture and Architectural Elements - General - Aladdin Homes folder

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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