﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  Roofed 
  with 
  "Target-and-Arrow" 
  

   Old 
  Style 
  Tin 
  in 
  1870 
  

  

  A 
  Serviceable 
  Weather-Tight 
  Roof 
  To-day 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  Peters 
  Hardware 
  Company 
  at 
  Emporia, 
  Kansas. 
  

   It 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1870 
  and 
  roofed, 
  when 
  built, 
  with 
  our 
  " 
  Target-and-Arrow' 
  1 
  

   Old 
  Style 
  tin. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  walked 
  over, 
  run 
  over 
  with 
  

   wheelbarrows 
  and 
  subjected 
  to 
  other 
  abuses, 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  weather-proof 
  and 
  giving 
  

   good 
  service. 
  

  

  The 
  roofs 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  around 
  the 
  Eckert 
  Furnaces 
  at 
  Reading, 
  Pa., 
  gave 
  trouble 
  from 
  

   the 
  gases 
  and 
  sulphur 
  fumes. 
  Several 
  kinds 
  of 
  patent 
  roofing 
  were 
  tried, 
  including 
  slag 
  and 
  

   gravel, 
  but 
  all 
  failed. 
  Finally 
  roofs 
  of 
  "Target-and-Arrow" 
  Old 
  Style 
  tin 
  were 
  put 
  on. 
  These 
  

   gave 
  perfect 
  service 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  twenty 
  years 
  and 
  would 
  doubtless 
  have 
  lasted 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   to 
  come 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  building 
  been 
  torn 
  down. 
  

  

  Prospective 
  builders, 
  hesitating 
  between 
  good 
  tin 
  and 
  its 
  many 
  cheap, 
  patent 
  substitutes, 
  

   should 
  read 
  "A 
  Guide 
  to 
  Good 
  Roofs." 
  We 
  send 
  it 
  free 
  to 
  any 
  who 
  ask. 
  

  

  Note 
  that 
  we 
  now 
  use 
  the 
  old 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  brand 
  — 
  "TARGET 
  and 
  ARROW" 
  Old 
  

   Style 
  — 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  words 
  "Taylor 
  Old 
  Style," 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  imitated 
  in 
  every 
  

   possible 
  way 
  by 
  other 
  tinplate 
  houses 
  

  

  

  N. 
  & 
  G. 
  Taylor 
  Company 
  

  

  Established 
  1810 
  

  

  PHILADELPHIA 
  

  

  wmmmm*. 
  

  

  