Variant company name:

Established 1878  Search this

Company Name:

Pennycook Patent Glazings & Engineering Co. Ltd.  Search this

Notes content:

Circa 1930s-1950s catalogs for a British company that made large-scale glazing systems (clearstory, window-in-wall, cupolas, ridgelight, dome and skylight applications.) Such systems were used as a means to passively light the interiors of factories and other industries , railway and bus stations , hospitals , hotels, greenhouses and winter gardens .

Includes:

Trade catalog and manual

Black and white images

Color images

Physical description:

4 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Glasgow, Scotland

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Engineering consultants and contractors  Search this

Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this

Hotel; bar and restaurant supplies  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Luggage; travel; travel services and traveling accessories (including trunks; briefcases; and other traveling accessories)  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

"Hotels -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Bars (Drinking establishments)  Search this

Briefcases  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Candles  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Consulting engineers  Search this

Engineers  Search this

Garden ornaments and furniture  Search this

Garden tools  Search this

Glass  Search this

Industrial equipment  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Lamps  Search this

Lighting  Search this

Luggage  Search this

Machinery  Search this

Porcelain  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Restaurants  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_30235

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_30235