Architecture

1926 · 60724 — Newport KY: Higgin Manufacturing Co. 1926. 4to. 2 13 1 pp. With colour illustrations & diagrams throughout 1 double-page 1 page w/ photo illustrations decorative engraved woodcut borders. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art view of Tudor Revival half-timber Arts & Crafts home fitted with Higgin screens minor scuffing minor tears at spine edgewear still VG- copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated Roaring 20’s catalogue advertising the lifesaving wire window & door screens sold by the Kentucky-based company. Prior to the commonplace use of air conditioning wire screens were vital for insect control as well as contributing to airflow within the homes. Higgin 1844-1926 first founded the company in 1893 and in 1897 took over the Palm Beach Building at the southeast corner of 5th & Washington and operated until 1935 when the company went bankrupt during the Great Depression. No copies in Worldcat 1921 only at Hagley & Columbia. Higgin Manufacturing Co., paperback