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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1907 



A CONCRETE RESIDENCE AT MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



D. S. Van ANTWERP, ARCniTECT 



''CONCRETE COUNTRY RESIDENCES" is the title of 



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30 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



Department No. 10 



PATENTS 



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