Pamphlets: Building Materials - Commercial and Residential

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Architectural Heritage Center

Name/Title

Pamphlets: Building Materials - Commercial and Residential

Entry/Object ID

2008.8.17

Description

Catalogs of different materials, for both commercial and residential structures. Companies include: Empire Building material Co. ("Lite-rock block", 1952) Smithwick Concrete Products (Haydite, 1950) The Commercial Shearing & Stamping Company ("Commercial" Steel Liner Plates, 1933) Rilco (Laminated structural wood, 3 pamphlets, date unknown, "Utility Rafters for Machine Sheds", "Laminated Wood Rafters and Arches", "Glued Laminated Wood Arches, Roof Trusses...") Fenestra (Metal doors, 1949, "Blue Book of Steel Windows, 1949) Soule' Steel Company ("Paramount Series Steel Windows", date unknown) The Thoro System ("Standard dry wall products, Inc.." Packet of different sized papers and pamphlets. Date unknown) Holophane ("Lighting for Industry", "Common sense in Classroom Lighting", 1952) Hohmann & Barnard Inc. ("Building Construction Specialties, Concrete Accessories." Date unknown) Timber Engineering Company ("Timber for Recreational Buildings". Date unknown) Sanymetal ("Toilet Compartments". 1952) Bradley ("Group Washing Equipment". Date unknown) Bayley Pamphlets, assorted. (Aluminum Windows.1949) Residential folder: Ceco Steel ("Metal windows and doors, Pacific Coast Catalog". Date unknown) Holcomb & Hoke ("FolDoor". Date unknown) Empire Building Material Co. ("Soffit Block". Date unknown) Filon Plastics Corporation ("Filon Reinforced Fiberglas and Nylon Plastic Panels". 1955. "How can you build with FILON guaranteed fiberglass panels" . Date unknown) Alsynite Company of America ("Building Panels of Beauty and Light". Date unknown. Empire Building Material Company ("Lite-Rock Concrete Building Block. Date unknown) FIAT ("Shower Cabinets, Shower Doors, Shower Receptors, Bath Enclosures". Date unknown) Fir-Tex Insulating Board Company ("Insulating Boards". Date unknown) United States Plywood Corporation ("The Weldwood Catalog", 1951) Parkwood Corporation ("Parkwood Decorative". Date unknown) Merer Steel Company, Inc ("Mills movable metal walls". Catalog No. 51) Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers - price booklet, constitution, membership receipt book 30+ Catalogs/phamphlets, ranging from 9 x 6 in to 11 x 8.5 in. Variable page counts. Illustrated, diagrams, photos. Some color images.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Catalog

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Laminated wood, Lighting

Search Terms

Building Construction, trades & materials, Mid-Century, Steel Windows, Concrete Blocks, Sanitary equipment, Fiberglass panels, Insulation, Manufacting companies, Empire, Smithwick, The Commercial Shearing and Stamping Company, Rilco, Fenestra, Soule Steel Company, The Throro System, Holophane, Hohmann & Barnard Inc., Timber Engineering Copmany, Sanymetal, Bradley, Bayley, Ceco Steel, Holcomb & Hoke, Empire Building Material Co., Filon Plastics Corporation, Alsynite Company of America, Fiat, Fir-Tex Insulating Board, United States Plywood Corporation, Parkwood Corporation, Merer Steel Company, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers