Practical Bungalows
Publisher: Geo. Rice & Sons
Published: 1912
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Los Angeles Investment Company; Charles Elder; Ernest McConnell; real estate; gold notes; co-operative building company; bungalow; blue print; floor plan; architect; domestic architecture; house plans; catalog
Description: <div>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"</div><div><br /></div><div>**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,<em> Practical Bungalows</em>, 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 everything that went into its buildings, including  its own paints.</div>