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COULSON, J.W. & CO.  THE COULSON PATENT STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

(TRADE CATALOGUE)  COULSON, J.W. & CO.  THE COULSON PATENT STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION.                                            

Columbus, Ohio: 1904. 4to. Color printed wrappers. 36 pages.

Rare trade catalogue with only one copy recorded on OCLC -- Albert Small Library at the University of Virginia.  The first part of the catalogue is a very detailed and well illustrated explanation of their patented system.  The second part shows thirteen full-page halftones of actual store fronts giving the location and architect in each case.  There are five in Columbus, Ohio; two in Atlanta; and one each in Cincinnati, Takoma, Washington, Baltimore, Little Rock, Coffeeville, Kansas, and New York City.  There are numerous line illustrations in the text.  Also more than twenty "letters of reference" including a 1904 letter from the Cleveland Window Glass Company.  Old rust marks from staples.

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