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Domestic water saving devices

Domestic water saving devices

Part of

People

  • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

Title

Domestic water saving devices

Dates of creation

1975-1978

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

  • 16 photographs
  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
  • 4 books

Scope and Content

File related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group's project about domestic water saving devices, between 1971 and 1978, and the related publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" in 1978. The material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. The file contains photographs, predominantly of water atomizer devices, and a dummy and copies of the publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience".

Reference Number

AP149.S1.1978.PR01

Arrangement

Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.

Location

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Language of material

The documents are in English.

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1978.PR01.001
    • Title: Proof for the publication "Water conservation and the mist experience"
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1978
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual record

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-012-021

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1978.PR01.002
    • Title: Water Conservation and the Mist Experience
    • Dates of creation: July 1978
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about the domestic water saving devices.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Technique and media:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 21,4 × 17,5 × 0,4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 3/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Bound (stapled) volume of 59 pages.

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH252789 and ARCH273145.
    • A dummy for this book is catalogued as ARCH253671.

    Folder Number:

    149-002-05

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1978.PR01.003
    • Title: Water Conservation and the Mist Experience
    • Dates of creation: July 1978
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • Vikram Bhatt (author)
    • Witold Rybczynski (author)
    • Alexander B. Morse (author)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Technique and media:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 21,4 × 17,4 × 0,4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 3/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Bound (stapled) volume of 59 pages.

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH252789 and ARCH253671.
    • A dummy for this book is catalogued as ARCH273556.

    Folder Number:

    149-004-01

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1978.PR01.004
    • Title: Unidentified man washing his hands with a water atomizer device
    • Dates of creation: 1978 or before
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • Alexander B. Morse (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Photograph for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices and the enveloppe that was containing the photograph.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 photograph

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver print on paper mounted on paper

    Dimensions:

    composition: 25 × 17,6 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.) secondary support: 21,9 × 28 cm

    Inscription:

    labelled - on the back, b.: "Washing with atomized water using a / commercial sprayer / THE MIST EXPERIENCE/MINI MISTER"

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Copies of the book "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" are catalogued as ARCH252789, ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.

    Folder Number:

    149-005-25

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: ARCH252789
    • Title: Water Conservation and the Mist Experience
    • Dates of creation: July 1978
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • Witold Rybczynski (author)
    • Vikram Bhatt (author)
    • Alexander B. Morse (author)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of two copies of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices.

    Quantity / Object type:

    2 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 books

    Technique and media:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 21,4 × 17,4 × 0,4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 3/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Bound (stapled) volume of 59 pages.

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.
    • A dummy for this book is catalogued as ARCH273556.

    Folder Number:

    149-004-02

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    • Reference Number: ARCH273335
    • Title: The spray pattern of atomized water
    • Dates of creation: 1978 or before
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Photograph (and the enveloppe that was containing it) of a spray of water on a white ground used for the cover of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 photograph

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 28,1 × 21,8 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

    Inscription:

    labelled - on the back, b.:"The spray pattern of atomized water / THE MIST EXPERIENCE/MINI MISTER" inscribed - by unknown hand, on the back, in blue ink, t.: "TOP"

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Copies of the book "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" are catalogued as ARCH252789, ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.

    Folder Number:

    149-005-23

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    • Reference Number: ARCH273336
    • Title: ATOMIZATION MIST
    • Dates of creation: 1978 or before
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Mininum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices, including photographs of the devices. The group also includes the enveloppe that was containing the photographs.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 12 photographs

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 15,1 × 9,6 cm (5 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.) sheet (largest): 25,4 × 20,7 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Copies of the book "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" are catalogued as ARCH252789, ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.

    Folder Number:

    149-005-24

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    • Reference Number: ARCH273338
    • Title: Centre Publication / Photographs
    • Dates of creation: 1978 or before
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices, including photographs of two water atomizer.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 photographs

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 16,6 × 12,6 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet (largest): 25 × 20,4 cm (9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Copies of the book "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" are catalogued as ARCH252789, ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.

    Folder Number:

    149-005-26

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    • Reference Number: ARCH273556
    • Title: Water Conservation and the Mist Experience
    • Dates of creation: 1978
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of a dummy for the Mininum Cost Housing Group's publication "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" about domestic water saving devices.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Technique and media:

    Electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper; electrophotographic print on paper

    Document Type:

    • dummy (printed matter)

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Related units of description:

    • Final and published version of the book "Water Conservation and the Mist Experience" are catalogued as ARCH252789 and ARCH253671 and ARCH273145.

    Folder Number:

    149-007-01

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