Title & Author:

The Town of Tomorrow, New York World's Fair 1939.

Publication:

[New York] : [publisher not identified], [1939] (New York : Burland Print.)

Description:

volumes : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Architects of the demonstration homes: no. 1. Henry S. Churchill; no. 2. A. Lawrence Kocher; no. 3, Landefeld & Hatch; no. 4. Landefeld & Hatch; no. 5. George D. Conner; no. 6. Evans, Moore & Woodbridge; no. 8. Cameron Clark; no. 10. Verner Walter Johnson; no. 13. Verna Cook Salomonsky; no. 15. Godwin, Thompson & Patterson; no. 16. Electus D. Litchfield; no. 17. Henry Otis Chapman Jr. and Harold W. Beder; no. 18. James W. O'Connor; no. 19. Perry M. Duncan; no. 21. Adams & Prentice.
No. 1 The dual duty house.
No. 2 The house of plywood.
No. 3 The bride's home.
No. 4 The Pittsburgh house of glass.
No. 5 The small brick house of the sheltered workshops (Welfare Council of New York).
No. 6 The small home of wood (the national small homes demonstration house -- lumber type) : plan no. 2 -- NYF.
No. 8 The New England home.
No. 10 The house of vistas.
No. 13 The garden home.
No. 15 The Johns-Manville triple insulated house : the Long Island colonial home.
No. 16 The Kelvin home : air conditioned by Nash-Kelvinator.
No. 17 The Celotex house.
No. 18 The electric home.
No. 19 The fire-safe home.
No. 21 The motor home.

Summary:

Series of brochures each describing a different demonstration home in the Town of Tomorrow village at the New York World's Fair, and listing its architect, sponsors, and their products.

Subject:

Beder, Harold W.
Chapman, Henry Otis.
Churchill, Henry S. (Henry Stern)
Clark, Cameron.
Conner, George D.
Duncan, Perry M.
Johnson, Verner Walter.
Kocher, A. Lawrence (Alfred Lawrence)
Litchfield, Electus D. (Electus Darwin), 1872-1952.
O'Connor, James W.
Salomonsky, Verna Cook.
Adams & Prentice.
Evans, Moore & Woodbridge.
Godwin, Thompson & Patterson.
Landefeld & Hatch.
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
New York World's Fair.
Prefabricated houses Exhibitions.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic.
Prefabricated houses.
Town of Tomorrow (New York World's Fair (1939-1940))
United States.
Model houses United States New York (State) New York 1930-1940.
Houses United States 1930-1940.
World's fair Structures (single built works)
American Architects.
American architectural Firms.

Form/genre:

Brochures.
Exhibition catalogs.

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