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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2003.052.018 |
Object Name |
Booklet |
Scope & Content |
Booklet consists of information about the location of the first windowless factory with an aerial photograph, 14 advantages of a controlled conditions factory, two photographs of the building, mention of the amount of free publicity about the building in Fortune, Time, Literary Digest, Popular Mechanics, hundreds of other magazines, trade papers, and newspapers in U.S. and Canada; drawing of the plan,statistics, photographs taken during construction, brief explanation of the parts of the building including walls, roof trusses, columns, general supervision, ventilation, toilet and washrooms, the roof, and lighting. More detailed information includes: General, lighting, heating and ventilation, head room, toilet, cloak and wash rooms, power plant, electric poweracoustical properties and insulation of walls and roof,and gas plant. One page gives a few facts about Fitchburg provided by the Chamber of Commerce. The last page is a sales pitch to locate your business in Fitchburg. |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
11" x 14" spiral bound booklet with black cover. |
Dates of Creation |
c 1931 |
Title |
The First Windowless Factory |
Collection |
Archives - Booklets |
Language of Material |
English |
Search Terms |
manufacturing factories windowless Simonds Saw & Steel Co. architecture |
Subjects |
Windowless factory Simonds Saw & Steel description of building |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Source |
Smith, Allen |