Practical Bungalows
Book details
- Title
- Practical Bungalows
- Publication year listed
- 1912
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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- Free online reader; no registration required
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About this book
Practical Bungalows
Author: Los Angeles Investment Company
Year: 1912
Paperback catalog with a color illustration of a bungalow on the front cover. The title is in large print letters at the top of the front cover. The back cover is white, with a red line border. Inside the border is an advertisement for the Los Angeles Investment Company. The catalog is in poor condition, with the covers completely off and barely staying together with rips and tears along the spine. The inside pages are held together with three staples, and all the illustrations inside are black and white. Size: 7.75" x 10.75" **The LA Investment Company had substantial landholdings in the LA area and was well connected to the major players in the development of the city and the surrounding area. The home design business was instituted in about 1907 with McConnell as the supervising architect. From about 1907 to 1913, the company published about ten collections of bungalow house plans. Our 1912 catalog, Practical Bungalows , shows offerings designed specifically for the well-established middle-class home buyer. In addition to selling house plans, the company owned hundreds of lots upon which it built its homes. The company owned its lumber yards and mills and manufactured almost eve