Mail-Order Catalogues as a Guide to Popular Early 20th-Century Houses
Robert A. Schweitzer and Michael W. R. Davis
$34.95l paper / ISBN 0-8143-2006-6
264 pages / 10 x 8
12 color and 234 b&w illustrations
1990
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America's
Favorite Homes Mail-Order Catalogues as a Guide to Popular Early 20th-Century Houses Robert A. Schweitzer and Michael W. R. Davis |
During the first four decades of the twentieth century, prefabricated and catalogue homes grew in popularity and number. Built and occupied by farmers, merchants, the new armies of factory workers and other lower- and middle-class families, these are the modest homes that today line American streets. Using mail-order house catalogues from the time, Robert Schweitzer and Michael W. R. Davis chart the development of catalogue houses and their variations and include floor plans for many models. Students of architecture, whether amateur of professional, preservationists and academics will find in America's Favorite Homes a handy reference to those homes that soon will be eligible for historic designation. | "This attractive and well-illustrated book has solid information you won't find anyplace else."—Old-House Journal | ||||||||||||||
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Lakes Books Series $34.95l paper / ISBN 0-8143-2006-6 264 pages / 10 x 8 12 color and 234 b&w illustrations 1990 |
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