Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Sweet's: And February


Sweet's: And the saga stretches into January 1906

Sweet's: Another update

December 1905 saw another update:


Sweet's: The status update

And in November, there was an update.




Sweet's: The first response

The response to Sweet's came in quickly (October 1906):



Sweet's: The announcement

The first announcement of Sweet's from Architectural Record Volume 18, September 1905.







Making the Case for Sweet's: The manufacturer's view

From Architectural Record, March 1905:



Making the Case for Sweet's: The architect's view

I've had a recurring interest in Sweet's. I've recently discovered that the old volumes of Architectural Record are up on Archive.org. Before the Architectural Record Co. released Sweet's they published a series of articles about the problems of catalogues. Here's the architect's view from February 1905 (Volume 17):

Check Architectural Record for February 1905 (Volume 17). Volume 18 contains some interesting information, perhaps to prepare for the introduction of Sweet's:








http://www.archive.org/details/architecturalrec17newyuoft