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Spring Festival of Homes Brochure, 1961 — Part 2

by Lynne Rostochil.  Brochure from her collection, “now” photos from the Oklahoma County Tax Assessor website. If you enjoyed last week’s post featuring then/now views of homes that were on the 1961 Festival of Homes tour, you’ll be happy to see even more great homes that were included in the brochure.  Check them out! Here’s […]

Spring Festival of Homes Brochure, 1961 — Part 1

by Lynne Rostochil.  Brochure from her collection, “now” photos from the Oklahoma County Tax Assessor website.   In 1961, the Oklahoma City Builders Association hosted the first-ever Spring Festival of Homes, a week-long event in which 56 new homes were opened to the public for review.  Homes were located in OKC, Edmond, Yukon, Moore, and […]

Architectural Applications of Concrete in Buildings, Part 2

by Lynne Rostochil There’s so much great eye candy with a brochure I found at archive.org entitled Architectural Applications of Concrete in Buildings (published in 1961) that I’m making two Mod Blog posts out of it.  So, here’s the rest of this amazing document!

Architectural Applications of Concrete in Buildings, Part 1

by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I was browsing around on archive.org and found a fascinating brochure called “Architectural Applications of Concrete in Buildings” from 1961, and I thought you’d like to see it, too.  There are several Oklahoma buildings included in this wonderful document — you can click to enlarge a photo to get a closer […]