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Our homes and their adornment: (1883)

Varney, Almon Clother, 1849- [from old catalog] · Detroit, Mich., J. C. Chilton & co. · leaf 112

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SE. 105 DESIGN I.—A PRAIRIE HOUSE. In the accompanying engravings we have, perhaps,given a plan that may seem advisable for some of ourprairie readers to follow. There is hardly any one settling on the prairies who couldnot produce lumber sufficient to build a small shanty, butis deterred from… … Fig- 3- to waste material upon something that will be nearlyuseless then. It is to help this class of builders that ourdesigns are intended. Fig. 3 represents a simple cottage of only one room,which can be erected at a very trifling expense, even on theprairies where lumber is high and scarce, and…

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