BUILDING MATERIALS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"BUILDING MATERIALS"

Entry/Object ID

2000.170.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Green; Red; Yellow "Building Materials," issued by Montgomery Ward and Company, 1925. The 48-page catalog has a paper cover with a color illustration on the front of three men building a bungalow. One of the men unpacks doors from crates at the right, another carries a door at the left, and the third installs shingles on the roof the home which is in the back. Across the top is the title and at the bottom is the name of the company. At the bottom left corner are the words, "EVERYTHING / FOR THE / COMPLETE HOME." On the back is an advertisement for Radio Slate-Surfaced Roofing with an illustration and a brief explanation of the product. At the beginning of the inside is a guarantee, an article explaining why the company's products are the best, and an index. Products available include a variety of doors; windows; door and window frames; moldings; porch materails; garage doors; china closets; colonnades; kitchen cases; attic stairs; hardwood flooring; wall and floor tile; fireplace equipment; lighting fixtures; wall paper equipement and supplies; steel roofing and siding; glass; roofing; and shingles. Many black and white illustrations are also included. With abrasions; creases and folds at the corners; surface soiling; some stains; and small tears along the edges, the artifact is in overall fair condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Moldings, Fireplaces, Building, Kitchen cabinets, Glass, Building materials, Tiles, Andirons, Floor coverings, Windows, Staircases

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Montgomery Ward and Company, Doors, House furnishings, Flooring, Flooring, Tile, Flooring, Wooden, Wall paneling, Lighting, Architectural and decorative, Lighting--Lamps, Roofing, Shingles, Siding (Building materials)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Catalogs