March, 19 2 0 
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W HEN we make a door we think 
of it as more than a shutter to 
close a hole in the wall. 
To some man and some woman this 
door will be an entrance way to peace 
and privacy and everything that they 
love best. To some little children it will 
be a portal to romp through with excited 
prattle of innocent joy, or the entrance 
to a sanctuary from children’s outdoor 
woes. To guests it will symbolize wel¬ 
come. To strangers it will evidence the 
taste of those who live behind its friendly protection. 
There are fifty different doors in the Curtis Cata¬ 
log — doors for both the exterior and the interior of 
your house. But our business is not making doors 
alone. Curtis Woodwork includes all the architectural 
woodwork for the outside and the interior of homes. 
It includes doors and entrances, windows, window and 
door frames, stairways, built-in furniture, interior trim, 
mantels, wall paneling, dining alcoves, porches, ex¬ 
terior woodwork and shutters. 
This architectural woodwork was de¬ 
signed by Trowbridge and Ackerman, 
arcbitects, of New York, who also de¬ 
signed and planned a large number of 
houses ranging from three to eight rooms, 
treated in four different architectural ex¬ 
pressions: Colonial, English, Western, 
and Southern. There is appropriate 
woodwork for each type of house. 
The woodwork is standardized and pro¬ 
duced in quantities, which brings down 
the cost of production and thus lowers 
Its cost to you. 
You can obtain free through your lumber dealer 
a copy of our portfolio of “Better Built Homes” or, 
by sending us the coupon with 25c in postage. Specify 
which portfolio you want. “Better Built Homes,” 
Volume VI, shows exteriors, interiors, and floor plans 
with complete descriptions of 32 houses of three, four 
and five rooms; Volume VIT, of 32 houses of six, seven 
and eight rooms. See your lumber dealer or send today 
for portfolio. 
The same floor plan as in the 
Western and Colonial houses, 
developed in the English expres¬ 
sion with Curtis Woodwork of 
English type 
A charming six- 
room house of 
Southern design 
wi‘, h Curtis 
Woodwork of 
appro priate 
architectural 
type designed 
especially for it 
CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU 
3089-40S9 So. Second Street Clinton, Iowa 
Manufacturing and Distributing Plants at 
Oklahoma City, Okla. Minneapolis, Minn. Clinton, Iowa Dayton, Ohio 
Topeka, Kan. Lincoln, Neb. Sioux City, Iowa Wausau, Wis. 
Detroit, Mich. ^ Chicago, Ill. 
Eastern Offices at Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Akron 
Phe nakers of CufiflS V\foodwork guarantee complGte satisfaction to its users 
‘*We^re not satisfied unless you are** 
A C olonial 
Horne with the 
same plan os 
the Western 
house, hut with 
appropriate 
Curtis Wood- 
workof Colonial 
type 
WOODWORK 
^^The Permanent Furniture for Your Home** 
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I CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU 
I 3089-4089 So. Second Street, Clinton, Iowa 
j Enclosed find . cents in stamps,, for zuhich please send me 
I □ Portfolio of Better Built Homis,, 
J Fol. Vf (S, 4, 5 room houses), 25c. 
I D Portfolio of Better Built Homes, 
Voi.VII 7, 8 room houses).25e. 
. (Please check the one you wish.) 
Name 
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Street or R . F. D .. 
Town . State. 
