Fireproof Houses of Terra Cotta hollow tile and how to build them - brochure cover issued by the National Fire Proofing Company, Chicago, 1909
A rather fine embossed front cover from a brochure used to extol the virtues of using hollow terracotta tiles to form the structure of buildings - rendering them 'fireproof'. This system of construction - much seen in the US - was of course much more fire safe than the traditional timber framed and clad houses.
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Fireproof Houses of Terra Cotta hollow tile and how to build them - brochure cover issued by the National Fire Proofing Company, Chicago, 1909
A rather fine embossed front cover from a brochure used to extol the virtues of using hollow terracotta tiles to form the structure of buildings - rendering them 'fireproof'. This system of construction - much seen in the US - was of course much more fire safe than the traditional timber framed and clad houses.
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Uploaded on May 18, 2014