c.1920 Edwards Mfg Co. Gas Service Station Buildings Architectural Catalog

Date: 1920
Artist: Unknown 
Size (in): 12” x 9.25”
Size (cm): 30.5 x 23.5
Condition: B+

This is a vintage original c.1920 catalog of Edwards Buildings including gas station buildings issued by The Edwards Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio along with two typed letters on company letterhead to a client.  This catalog is 52 pages plus the covers measuring about 9.25” x 12”.    I don’t find a date on this catalog but it prints a couple testimonials dated 1912 and 1914.   The typed letters loosely inserted in the catalog are both dated September 1930.   I date the catalog as c.1920 or so.   

The first 30 pages or so of this catalog feature different types of Edwards “All Steel” Buildings including warehouse buildings, meter and pump houses, garages including several Steelcote Garages and even airplane hangers with additional information on details of construction also shown.   Pages 32 to 51 are entirely devoted to service station or gas station buildings and gas pump shelters sold by the company with more than 20 different types of 1920s gas station buildings and gas pump shelters illustrated and described.   Some of the gas station building types shown include: 

Stucco-Wood “Oriental” Model 
Stucco-Wood “Ohio” Model
Stucco-Wood “Cincinnati” Model
Stucco-Wood “Georgian” Model 
Stucco-Wood “Bungalo” Model
Steelcote “Tampico” Model 
All-Steel Ranger Model 
Edwards All-Steel and Stucco-Steel “Dixie” Model 
All-Steel “Waco” Model 
Edwards “Ajax” Model Pump Shelter 
Mascot Model Pump Shelters 
and several others….

This catalog also includes a couple pages of floor plan drawings showing 18 different service station floor plan types.   

This vintage original catalog is fully complete and well intact.  The front cover has a bit of minor soiling.   The inside pages are clean and bright throughout.   Overall condition is very good and this catalog is really an excellent resource for anyone interested in American gas station types of the 1920s.  Email any questions. Thanks for looking.