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| Title | House & Home, September 1955, Houston's home builders lead off 1955 Parade of Homes |
| Publisher | Time, Inc. |
| Date | 1955 |
| Description | Clipping of "Houston's home builders lead off 1955 Parade of Homes," from magazine House & Home, September 1955, pages 140-151. Part of the Meyerland 1955 Parade of Homes model house. Parade of Homes was an annual event sponsored by the Houston Home Builders Association. |
| Donor | Keeland, Margaret Scott |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 2002-005, Box 23 |
| ArchivesSpace URI | /repositories/2/archival_objects/929 |
| Original Collection | Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers |
| Digital Collection | Burdette Keeland Architectural Drawings & Photographs |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2002_005 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 3 |
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| File Name | uhlib_2002_005_b023_004_003.jpg |
| Transcript | PARADE OF HOMES Of the 30 houses in the Houston Parade, M oppear on the next 11 pages with their price tags. Can you guess which sold in the first six weeks? See p. 151 for the answers. From houses like this • • 7# Southern colonial wns designed by Architect Lucian Hood for Builders J. Pahst and Wilbur Moore of Blue Ribbon Homes. Price: $26,000 Sold □ Unsold D 3# Tudor style marks house designed by Arch?, tect Matt Howard and built by G. A. Fraser. Like majority in Parade, house is L-shnped. Price: $24,900 SoldlH Unsold D 4# Early American "ranch" by Architects Dun- away & Jones, was built by S. E. McCrory. Facade is foreshortened by strong vertical posts. Price: $24,500 SoldQ Unsold D 5, Low-slung contemporary house designed by Architect Thompson P McCleary has bland, uncluttered appearance. Builder was Earl Gilbert. Price: $24,500 SoIdD Unsold D • • • and every design in between That was the Houston '55 Parade of Homes 142 HOUSE & HOME |