﻿July, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  VI 
  1 
  

  

  Special 
  Hand-Made 
  

   Furniture 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  The 
  delightful 
  adornment 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  "proper 
  

   mansion" 
  is 
  everyone's 
  duty. 
  To 
  make 
  it 
  reflect 
  

   his 
  own 
  individuality 
  and 
  his 
  likings 
  it 
  is 
  

   necessary 
  that 
  the 
  furniture 
  and 
  furnishings 
  at 
  

   times 
  be 
  somewhat 
  at 
  variance 
  with 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ventions 
  adhered 
  to 
  by 
  others. 
  

  

  At 
  such 
  times 
  he 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  specialist 
  in 
  

   special 
  home 
  adornment. 
  Such 
  is 
  this 
  institu- 
  

   tion 
  — 
  a 
  treasure 
  chamber 
  of 
  ideas 
  that 
  have 
  

   their 
  realization 
  in 
  special 
  hand-made 
  furniture, 
  

   special 
  interior 
  woodwork, 
  special 
  decorations, 
  

   tapestries, 
  etc. 
  Write 
  us 
  for 
  more 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  how 
  we 
  can 
  serve 
  

   you 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  pleasing 
  to 
  you. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  S. 
  BRADSTREET 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  Interior 
  Fitments 
  & 
  

   Mural 
  Decorations 
  

  

  327 
  SOUTH 
  SEVENTH 
  STREET 
  

   MINNEAPOLIS, 
  MINN. 
  

  

  A 
  Corner 
  in 
  our 
  Japanese 
  Garden 
  

  

  A 
  National 
  Portable 
  Cottage, 
  Price 
  $195 
  

  

  FREIGHT 
  PAID- 
  

  

  is 
  just 
  the 
  thing 
  you 
  have 
  been 
  wanting 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  

   You 
  can 
  pack 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  wagon 
  and 
  set 
  it 
  up 
  anywh 
  re 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  hours. 
  It 
  is 
  wind 
  and 
  water 
  proof, 
  and 
  will 
  last 
  

   twenty 
  years. 
  You 
  can 
  take 
  it 
  down 
  when 
  required 
  quite 
  

   easily. 
  Store 
  it 
  or 
  set 
  it 
  up 
  anywhere. 
  We 
  build 
  all 
  

   sizes, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  making 
  this 
  

  

  A 
  SPECIAL 
  FOR 
  THIS 
  MONTH 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  is 
  eighteen 
  feet, 
  and 
  width 
  twelve 
  feet. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  kitchen 
  attached 
  

   at 
  the 
  rear 
  six 
  feet 
  by 
  nine 
  feet, 
  and 
  a 
  porch 
  four 
  feet 
  wide 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   building. 
  The 
  large 
  room 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  a 
  living 
  room 
  twelve 
  feet 
  by 
  twelve 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  two 
  bedrooms, 
  each 
  containing 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  improved 
  portable 
  bedsteads 
  for 
  

   two 
  persons. 
  The 
  entire 
  structure 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  California 
  red 
  wood, 
  p'ne 
  and 
  

   cypress, 
  each 
  being 
  used 
  to 
  its 
  best 
  advantage. 
  Two 
  coats 
  of 
  lead 
  and 
  oil 
  paint 
  are 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  exterior, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  is 
  stained. 
  The 
  floor 
  is 
  of 
  narrow 
  pine 
  

   seven-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  tongued 
  and 
  grooved, 
  and 
  the 
  roof 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  tongued 
  

   and 
  grooved 
  matched 
  roof 
  boards. 
  

  

  It 
  you 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  a 
  boat 
  house, 
  auto 
  house, 
  or 
  in 
  fact 
  any 
  form 
  of 
  

   building, 
  write 
  to 
  us 
  for 
  catalogue 
  No. 
  29, 
  and 
  state 
  requirements. 
  

  

  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  CONSTRUCTION 
  CO. 
  

  

  General 
  Offices: 
  604 
  Morgan 
  Building, 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Depots 
  : 
  New 
  York, 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Toronto 
  

  

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  or 
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  without 
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  in 
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  Gravel 
  

  

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  not 
  

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  color; 
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  crushed 
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   ground 
  large 
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   from 
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  for 
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  sample 
  and 
  further 
  

   information. 
  

  

  LOPEZ 
  SANDSTONE 
  CO. 
  

  

  Dept. 
  B 
  WILKESBARRE. 
  PA. 
  

  

  