Southern Pine Garages And How To Build Them

Southern Pine Association, New Orleans, Louisiana

Publication: Southern Pine Association, 1923, New Orleans

Scarce early (first?) edition of this nicely illustrated collection of plans. 9" x 12", unfolding to 18" x 12", 24 pp, consisting of introductory text followed by 11 plans, each accompanied by descriptive text and an illustration of the completed structure. Founded in 1915, the Southern Pine Association was a trade organization that engaged in extensive group marketing as well as in the development of standards and quality controls for the lumber industry. According to the website of the organization's current iteration (the Southern Forest Products Association), early members "initiated the practice of forest management in the South. These pioneers, at first ridiculed for what was perceived as naive efforts, slowly led the Southern lumber industry to renewed vigor." This publication, aimed at "the amateur who wants to build his own garage," offers considerations for selecting a design, layout, and location for your garage, full details of all necessary supplies, and a handy table of automobile sizes (apparently for the man who can build a garage but lacks the ability to measure his own car). We find no copies of this edition listed in OCLC, where the earliest copy found dates from 1925. Chip missing from lower corner of front wrapper, moderate general wear from use, including chipping and short tears at edges, one leaf detached. Stamped many times with the details of the distributing business, the J. C. Dearstine Lumber Co. of Schenectady, New York. Good plus copy.

Inventory Number: 49740