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More school houses, Samuel Cabot, Inc., manufacturing chemists, 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., 1899-1901

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1899-1901

Location Note

Product catalogues: Building materials: Insulation

GUSN

GUSN-316309

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Description

The use of Cabot's Quilt, a "heat-insulating and sound-deadening" product is described with photographs of schools around the country where it is in use. The high school in Burlington, Vermont and the William Street School in Springfield, Massachusetts use the product.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
soundproofing
insulation
eelgrass (marine, material)
schools (buildings)
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations ; 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.006.008.008

Image Dimensions

9 1/2 x 6 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Earl G. Shettleworth, Jr., 2003.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Burlington (Chittenden county, Vermont)
Springfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Samuel Cabot Incorporated (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets

Subjects

Kilby Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Building materials: Insulation

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