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Title: "PANAMA LINE" CONCRETE BLOCK MACHINERY CONCRETE MIXERS
Subtitle: The Complete Line-Uniformly High In Quality
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Publisher: The J. B. Foote Foundry Co., Fredericktown, Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 40 pages, 1st. Edition, illus, specifications, index.
Notes: 2 copies; One copy blind stamped by distributor- The R. L. Miller Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, machinery, molds.
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Title: 22 LOW COST CONCRETE HOMES
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Date: 1936
Publisher: Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Il.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 32 pages, first edition, illus., drawings, plans, tipped in two page letter from the St Louis office and card from The Architect's Small House Service Bureau Inc., Chicago Il.
Notes: Blindstamp on cover: Portland Cement Association, Syndicate Trust Bldg. St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, cement, stucco, design.
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Title: 277 FLOORS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE
Subtitle: Reinforced Concrete Structural Frames Predominate In Tall Buildings In St. Louis; 100% Of These Structures, Aggregating 277 Floors Of Reinforced Concrete, Are Reinforced With RAIL STEEL BARS
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Date: 1926
Publisher: Laclede Steel Co., St Louis, Mo.
Description: 9 x 12, 8 page brochure, illus., work done. Reprinted from "Concrete" Issue of August, 1926.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, steel reinforcing.
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Title: 28 BETTER HOMES
Subtitle: The Lehigh Portland Cement Home Competition From Which The 28 Better Homes Illustrated In This Book Were Selected By A Jury Of Eminent Architects
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Publisher:  Produced for the Lehigh Portland Cement Company by The Architectural Forum Service Div.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 32 pages, first edition, illus., drawings, specifications, plans.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, cement, stucco, concrete block, design.
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Title: A BASIC MATERIAL IN MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES
Subtitle: Plastering With A Basic Material
Other Authors: Anderson, Peter Jr.
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Date: 1927
Publisher: The Finishing Lime Assoc. of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 2 page brochure, illus. Featuring Peter Anderson Plastering Company's work on the Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral in St Louis. Includes testimonial on company leterhead.
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Subjects: Architectural plaster.
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Title: ALGONITE STONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Subtitle: Photographic Scrapbook
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Date: 1926-1932
Publisher: Algonite Stone Manufacturing Co., St Louis, Mo.
Description: 26, 5 x 7 and 1, 3 1/2 x 7 original photographic prints of clay models documenting ornament created in the modeling studio at 4600-20 Chippewa St., St Louis Mo.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, clay models, St Louis.
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Title: ALPHA THE GUARANTEED PORTLAND CEMENT
Subtitle: How To Use It
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Date: 1923
Publisher: Alpha Portland Cement Company, Easton, Pa., Chicago, Ill.
Description: 6 1/2 x 10, 104 pages, 4th edition, illus, drawings, specifications, tables, index.
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Subjects: Architectural cement
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Author:  
Title: ARCHITECTURAL AND DECROATIVE ORNAMENTS
Subtitle: The General Catalogue Of Jacobson & Co. 1929, Vol. 2
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Date: 1929
Publisher: Jacobson & Co., New York
Description: 9 3/8 x 12 1/4, 255 pages, table of contents, numerical index, illus., drawings, specifications, prices.
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Subjects: Architectural plaster, scraffito, cement stone, ornament.
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Author:  
Title: ARCHITECTURAL AND DECROATIVE ORNAMENTS
Subtitle: The General Catalogue Of Jacobson & Co. MCMXXIV
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Date: 1915
Publisher: Jacobson & Co., New York
Description: 9 3/8 x 12 1/4, 183 pages, table of contents, numerical index, illus., drawings, specifications, prices.
Notes: 3 copies, Previous owners: Helmuth & Helmuth Architects, St. Louis; George F. Hayden; John Noyes/John P. Roberts, M.D., St. Louis.
Subjects: Architectural plaster, scraffito, cement stone, ornament.
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Title: ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE
Subtitle: U. S. Builds To Win The War, Volume 8, #2.
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Publisher: Portland Cement Assoc., Chicago, Ill.
Description: 9 x 12, 35 pages, 1st Edition, illus.
Notes: Previous owner: St. Louis Public Service Co.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, naval air stations, shore structures, Army airfields and bases, National Guard armories, war industry.
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Title: ART DECORATIVE CEMENT
Subtitle: Catalogue Of Garden, Conservatory And Hall Furnature In Art Stone And Caen Stone Cement By The Fischer & Jirouch Co. Decorative Sculptors
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Publisher: The Fischer & Jirouch Co., Cleveland Ohio
Description: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4, 37 pages, illus., specifications, prices.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, cast stone.
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Author:  
Title: ATLAS PORTLAND CEMENT FOR CONCRETE
Subtitle: Its Use Around The Home And On The Farm
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Date: 1922
Publisher: The Atlas Portland Cement Company, New York
Description: 7 5/8 x 10 1/4, 98 pages, 1st Edition, illus, specifications, charts, index Distributed by: Tiemann Coal and Material Co., 4318 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, Mo.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete
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Title: ATLAS PORTLAND CEMENT FOR CONCRETE ON THE FARM
Subtitle: For Concrete On The Farm
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Date: 1922
Publisher: The Atlas Portland Cement Company, New York
Description: 7 5/8 x 10 1/4, 98 pages,1st Edition, illus, specifications, charts, index. Distributed by: S. W. Crawford Lumber Company, Festus, MO.
Notes: Previous owner: Miss Mary Wuertz
Subjects: Architectural concrete
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Author:  
Title: BEFORE YOU BUILD
Subtitle: Learn About Geistone
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Publisher: The Geist Coal & Supply Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 X 11, opens to 20 5/8 x 15 1/4, illus., specifications.
Notes: Blindstamp: The Builders Exchange, Cleveland.
Subjects: Concrete block
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Title: BERLOY CONCRETE FORM CONSTRUCTION HAND BOOK
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Date: 1928
Publisher: The Berloy Manufacturing Company, Canton Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 96 pages, first edition, illus, drawings, charts, specifications, tables.
Notes: Previous owner: United Railways Co. St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, cores, forms, engineering data, steel ceilings, metal lumber, bar joists, steel shelving, lockers, office equip.
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Author:  
Title: BERLOY FLOOR CORES
Subtitle: The Berger Mfg. Co., Third and Russel Ave. St. Louis Mo.
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Date: 1924
Publisher: The Berloy Manufacturing Company, Canton Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 16 pages, illus, drawings, charts, speciation, tables.
Notes: Previous owner: United Railways Co. St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, cores, forms, engineering data
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Title: BESSER, THE COMPLETE LINE, AUTOMATIC CONCRETE MACHINERY FOR THE ECONOMICAL MANUFACTURE OF ALL CONCRETE PRODUCTS
Subtitle: Block Machinery, Sewer Tile Machinery, Drain Tile Machinery, Fence Post, Sidewalk And Tile Machines, Etc. All Accessories For Every Purpose, Every Kind Of Machine That The Concrete Worker Can Possibly Need,
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Publisher: Besser Manufacturing Co., Alpena, Mich.
Description: 5 7/8 X 8 3/4, 96 pages, illus., specifications, prices, work done, index.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, block and ornamental brick machinery and molds.
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Author:  
Title: BEST BROS. KEENE'S CEMENT
Subtitle: Sole U. S. Sales Agent Hunkins - Willis Lime & Cement Company, St Louis Mo., Mills: Medicine Lodge, Kansas
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Publisher: Hunkins - Willis Lime & Cement Company, St Louis Mo
Description: 5 5/8 x 7, 27 pages, first edition, illus, specifications, price list.
Notes: Previous owner: United Railways Co. St. Louis Mo.
Subjects: Architectural cement, plastering, tools, Rinald Bros. Porcelain enamel.
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Author:  
Title: BLOCK MASONRY HOMES
Subtitle: 116 Floor Plans. A Book Of New Designs By Home Building Plan Service
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Date: 1952
Publisher: Home Building Plan Service, Portland, Or.
Description: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8, 64 pages, illus., plans, index. Distributed by Smithwick Concrete Products, Eugene Or.
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Subjects: Architectural expanded shale, "Haydite"
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Author:  
Title: BLOCK MESH
Subtitle: High Tensile Steel Reinforcing For Masonry Walls
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Date: Ca. 1949
Publisher: The Carter-Waters Corp., Kansas City, Mo.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11,4 page brochure with 1 page cover letter signed by George W. Kulhavy, Mgr. Building Dept., illus., drawings, specifications, tables, formulas, index.
Notes: Previous owner: St. Louis Public Service Co.
Subjects: Architectural concrete block reinforcing.
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Author:  
Title: BONANZA CEMENTILE ROOFING
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Date: 1927
Publisher: American Cement Tile Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 76 pages, illus., specifications, drawings, work done, index.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, cement or concrete roofing tile.
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Author:  
Title: C.S. WERT, INVENTER AND MANUFACTURER
Subtitle: The Names Of A Few Parties Who Have Purchased The Perfect Brick Machine
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Publisher: C.S. Wert, Kendallville, In.
Description: 3 3/4 x 6 1/4, 8 pages, illus.,
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, block and brick machinery.
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Author:  
Title: CAPRONI CASTS
Subtitle: Plaster Reproductions Of Sculpture For Drawing And Modeling Classes. A Selection From The More Than 3000 Subjects In The Caproni Collection
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Date: 1928
Publisher: P. P. Caproni and Brother, Boston, Mass.
Description: 8 5/8 x 11 3/8, 72 pages, illus., specifications, 4 page pricelist laid in. Also 8 1/2 x 11 letter from Caproni dated Apr. 9, 1928 to Miss Grace Frick, Stephens Colledge, Columbia, Mo.
Notes: Previous owner: Charlotte R. Naccarato, Seattle, Wash.
Subjects: Plaster, reproductions of midieval and modern sculpture.
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Author:  
Title: CAREYSTONE
Subtitle: Corrugated Asbestos-Cement Roofing And Siding And Flat Asbestos-Cement Products, Manual 606
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Date: 1941
Publisher: The Philip Carey Co., Lockland, Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 15 pages, illus., specifications, drawings, work done.
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Subjects: Asbestos cement, roofing & siding.
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Author:  
Title: CAST STONE
Subtitle: Tenative Standard Specifications For Cut Cast Stone And Cast Stone Including Miscellaneous Data; Complements Of Arnold Stone, Brick & Tile Co. Manufacturers Of Kre-Tex Stone. Jacksonville, Florida
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Date: 1927
Publisher: Arnold Stone, Brick & Tile Co., Jacksonville, Florida
Description: 8 7/8 x 11 5/8 tab folder containing 8 1/2 x 11 single-sided 7 page typewritten specifications plus four 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 printed single-sided mounts with tipped in images of work done.
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, cast stone.
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Author:  
Title: CEMENT AGE, VOLS. 5, 6
Subtitle: A Monthly Magazine Devoted To The Interests Of Cement
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Date: 1907, July-Dec., 1908, Jan-June
Publisher: Cement Age Company, New York
Description: 7 1/4 x 10, Vol. 5, 424 pages plus advertisements, booklist. Vol. 6, 636 pages.
Notes: Published from 1904-1912. United with "Concrete" to form "Concrete-Cement Age", later "Concrete". Previous owner: The David Ranken Jr. School Of Mechanical Trades.
Subjects: Architectural cement, concrete.
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Author:  
Title: CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT, VOL 1 & 2
Subtitle: Proceedings Of The Fourth International Symposium, Washington, 1960; Symposium Held October 2-7, 1960 At The National Bureau Of Standards Washington, D.C. Monograph 43 Vol 1 & 2
Other Authors: Various
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Date: 1962
Publisher: Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau Of Standards Washington, D.C.
Description: 8 1/4 x 10 1/2, 1125 pages, illus., specifications, list of symposium members and authors, author and subject indexes, booklist.
Notes: Previous owner: Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Research and Engineering Center, Pittsbirgh, Pa.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, cement.
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Author:  
Title: CHICAGO STATUARY MFG. CO.
Subtitle: Designers - Producers - Modern, Classical And Educational Casts For Library And General Decoration
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Publisher: Chicago Statuary Mfg. Co., Chicago Il.
Description: 10 x 8 1/4, 48 pages, illus.,
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Subjects: Architectural plaster, reliefs statues, busts, ornament.
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Author:  
Title: COLLOY
Subtitle: For Concrete A Colloidal Workability Admixture "The Technical Truth"
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Date: 1929
Publisher: Colloy Products Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 16 pages, 1st Edition, illus, charts, Partial List Of Representative Installations Of Colloidal Concrete, test results,
Notes: Previous owner: St. Louis Public Service Co.
Subjects: Architectural concrete, admixtures
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Author:  
Title: COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL SPECIFICATION FOR CAST STONE
Subtitle: Prepared And Adopted By Cast Stone Institute
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Date: 1930
Publisher: Cast Stone Institute, Chicago, Il.
Description: 8 1/2 x 11, 5 single-sided blueprint pages. A.I.A file no. 8c
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Subjects: Architectural concrete, cast stone.
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