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" 

 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 vfho 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 



JSJ. & G. Taylor Company 



Established 1810 



PHILADELPHIA 



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