PLANNING THE SMALL BATHROOM

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"PLANNING THE SMALL BATHROOM"

Entry/Object ID

2000.215.2.1

Description

Color: Black; White "Planning the Small Bathroom," issued by the Crane Co., 1929. The 20-page booklet has a white paper cover with the title across the top. At the center are two silhouette figures of a man and a woman taking measurements of a floor. Across the bottom is the name of the company. On the back is a list of branch houses. At the beginning of the inside is a note on plumbing for home owners which includes information on increasing property value and consulting a reputable plumber. There are many small articles that provide floor plans for the building and remodeling of bathrooms. Each article also includes the model numbers and names of the company's lavatories, plumbing fixtures, and toilets used in the plans. Also provided is information on the value of the small bathroom; practicality of the company's compact fixtures; using enameled iron fixtures; cost-effeciency and superiority of the company's products; aesthetics of the products; facts about vitreous china; advances made in plumbing fixtures; colors; and Tarnia baths. Many black and white illustrations are included. With some creases; missing top right corner; surface soiling; and a light fold, the object is in fair condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Plumbing fixtures, Bathrooms, Showers, Toilets, Home economics

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Crane Co., Bathtubs, Bathrooms--Remodeling, Dwellings--Remodeling

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets