COPPER ROOFINGS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"COPPER ROOFINGS"

Entry/Object ID

2000.295.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Green "Copper Roofings," issued by the Copper and Brass Research Association, 1929. The 26-page manual has a green paper cover with the title across the top of the front. Across the bottom is, " A MANUAL." All of the printing on the cover is in blue ink. At the front of the inside are a title page, an introduction, and an indexed table of contents. The booklet has many sections that cover such subjects as installation; cornices; drains and their function; fastenings; gutters; leaders; nails; roofs; seams; sheathing; skylights; valleys; and much more. Some line-drawings are included. With light dents at the corners and a slight musty odor, the artifact is in good condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building materials, Building

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Copper and Brass Research Association, Roofing, Copper

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets