Barbers Turn Of The Century Houses

Author : George F. Barber
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486141241
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barber's Turn-of-the-Century Houses written by George F. Barber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, George F. Barber ran a successful architectural firm. Today, surviving examples of Barber's signature designs are the pride of their communities. This architectural snapshot from 1901 features working floor plans and fine drawings of more than eighty of Barber's distinctive dwellings. Specializing in serving a mail-order clientele, Barber's company produced catalogs "giving floor plans of a convenient and practical character, and exterior designs of artistic merit in the various prevailing styles." Prepared from long, practical experience, the handsome designs and plans range from the modest to the magnificent, including stately Georgians and colonials as well as snug country homes and seaside cottages. Loaded with spacious kitchens and double parlors as well as porches and balconies of beautiful classic design, this authentic guide will fascinate architectural historians, preservationists, and home restorers, along with anyone interested in Victorian-era architecture.

Author : George F. Barber
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486140067
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Cottage Architecture written by George F. Barber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of rare catalog by one of America's most successful, late-19th-century domestic architects, with more than 100 designs for 68 houses including elevations and floor plans.

Author : Chris Dimattei
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781621900900
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architectural Ragtime written by Chris Dimattei and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of prominent and prolific architect George F. Barber (1854-1915) can be found across North America. Virtually every major town has a residence designed by the Knoxville-based architect, who created and sold house plans through his innovative mail-order business. Despite his widespread success, little has been written about Barber. In Architectural Ragtime, Michael D. Alcorn and Christopher R. DiMattei provide an unprecedented and comprehensive analysis of Barber and his oeuvre, which is enhanced by extensive contemporary documentation of these historic homes. This study is the first to focus solely on the accomplishments of Barber's business and its influence on the development of architectural design as a professional service rather than as a product. It explores Barber's philosophy that good architectural design should be available and affordable to anyone, even those with the means to build only the most modest of homes. By investigating the remarkable versatility and range of Barber's style and enterprise, this book provides a new perspective on the overall look and impact his houses had on North America's housing legacy. It adds to the mounting evidence that the mail-order plan and kit-house suppliers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were major drivers of the character and improved quality of American neighborhoods. The book examines the development of Barber's artistic taste and the basic architectural forms that he employed to create it. The best of his work qualifies as Queen Anne Victorian, although his extensive repertoire included Romanesque- and Colonial Renaissance-style residences as well. As a businessman, Barber worked to meet client demands, yet he managed to maintain consistently high artistic standards. Replete with hundreds of photographs of Barber dwellings and illustrations that are both revealing and instructive, this volume is a valuable tool for local historians and preservationists seeking to identify, document and evaluate the historic appearance or significance of Victorian-era architecture in general and Barber buildings in particular. Students and scholars of history and architecture as well as historic home enthusiasts will find this an important resource that will enhance their understanding and appreciation of this influential architect.

Author : Daryl Yeap
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811286760
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King's Chinese, The: From Barber To Banker, The Story Of Yeap Chor Ee And The Straits Chinese written by Daryl Yeap and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative and well-researched book, The King's Chinese provides a superb account of the Straits British Chinese, a distinct migrant society from various districts of South China in the late 19th Century. Daryl Yeap gives us a fascinating story of this hybrid community, taking us on tour through one man's journey, beginning with how he left a war-ravaged China to Penang, where he started life as an illiterate itinerant barber to becoming one of the most successful bankers in South East Asia. As she takes us through his story, Daryl brilliantly captures its unique society and wonderful mix of cultures explaining how Penang was once considered the Cinderella of the East; what the earliest forms of passports were; how a coconut scraper, so novel, was confused as 'one musical instrument' by the British eye; and exactly how a borrower's credit profile was assessed with just one glance of the face. A highly readable book with plenty of witty anecdotes and compelling analysis, it is undoubtedly a book that sheds light on a significant development in Malaysia's history.

Author : Alun Withey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1350213012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concerning Beards written by Alun Withey and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through an exploration of the history of male facial hair in England, Alun Withey underscores its complex meanings, medical implications and socio-cultural significance from the mid-17th to the early 20th century. Withey charts the gradual shift in concepts of facial hair, and shaving - away from 'formal' medicine and practice - towards new concepts of hygiene and personal grooming"--

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Barbers' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nick Black
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000515494
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking London's Medical History Second Edition written by Nick Black and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013 The history of health care is complex, confusing, and contested. It involves more than just the creation of hospitals and dispensaries, infirmaries, and health centers. There are also royal colleges, trades unions, medical schools, nurses’ homes, coroners’ courts, nursing sisterhoods, ambulance stations, patients’ organizations, and medical missions. Usually, to enhance our understanding we sit and read books, or, nowadays, surf the Internet. But it’s more fun to go out, visit the buildings where events unfolded and transport yourself back in time. The story of how health care has developed from medieval times to the present day is told through seven walks in central London, each with a key theme, such as: Competition between the church, crown, and city for control Changing fortunes of particular districts Radical reform between 1840 and 1880 Individual creativity and entrepreneurship Hospitals’ unavoidable choice between merger or migration Transformation of health care trades into professions Development of primary care The book takes as much interest in one of the six ambulance stations build in 1915 by the London County Council as it does in the grandest teaching hospital. Although some important buildings have been destroyed, and others are threatened, many remain. The walks aim to help preserve our legacy as, increasingly, former health care buildings are converted into hotels, offices, homes, and shops. Awareness of their original functions is in danger of being lost. The book also aims to increase our understanding of the current challenges we face in trying to improve health care. For there are many lessons to be learnt from the past. Packed full of curious and surprising facts about medicine and beautifully illustrated with maps, photographs, and images, this is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks, the history of London, and, of course, medicine.

Author : Julie Willett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313359504
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia written by Julie Willett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first encyclopedia to focus exclusively on the many aspects of the American beauty industry, covering both its diverse origins and its global reach. The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia is the first compilation to focus exclusively on this pervasive business, covering both its diverse origins and global reach. More than 100 entries were chosen specifically to illuminate the most iconic aspects of the industry's past and present, exploring the meaning of beauty practices and products, often while making analytical use of categories such as gender, race, sexuality, and stages of the lifecycle. Focusing primarily on the late-19th and 20th-century American beauty industry—an era of unprecedented expansion—the encyclopedia covers ancient practices and the latest trends and provides a historical examination of institutions, entrepreneurs, styles, and technological innovations. It covers, for example, the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, as well as how Asian women today are having muscle fiber removed from their calves to create a more "Western" look. Entries also explore how the industry reflects social movements and concerns that are inextricably bound to religion, feminism, the health and safety of consumers and workers, the treatment of animals, and environmental sustainability.

Author : John Warner Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by John Warner Barber and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1840, this account of the capture of the slave traderAmistad by the Africans on board includes biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans and details of the court cases that decided their freedom.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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