tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post8840746748296659929..comments2023-05-02T00:31:56.086-07:00Comments on Teegee: Essays: Concerning "Queen Anne"teegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post-61967008907552181882013-02-03T22:42:26.316-08:002013-02-03T22:42:26.316-08:00Thank you! Yes, I'll have to go downtown to t...Thank you! Yes, I'll have to go downtown to the State Library sooner of later, but it is good even now to know that our lots were costing about what Sears, et al., said lots cost. Sears 1926 includes actual order forms and estimates forms to help first-time home owners learn what they're doing. Dover Press is wonderful! What I'm really interested in is developing a line of learning that will help us understand how and why neighborhoods grew and changed as they did. For that reason, I want to eliminate whatever seems to be a hindrance (such as arguing whether a given house is Colonial or Federal or Queee Anne or Craftsman. I know the mentality that stops at that all too well. Now, consider the pamphlet that advertises Steele (behind the local Walgreen) and Zeeland (next over opposite the local State Farm Ins office). Why did those never develop the character and permanent saleability that the Garden District did? And I leave the question of their % of Kit Houses to someone else to study. Me, I'm just doing the GD and from the social (you might say) point of view.teegeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post-16322005616774370022013-02-02T22:38:33.641-08:002013-02-02T22:38:33.641-08:00Enjoying this series of posts. I think you got one...Enjoying this series of posts. I think you got one of the photo links from this source, but if you've not seen them all, check out: http://cdm15196.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15196dccattz eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416750431101274095noreply@blogger.com