Davis Hardwood Company, A Select Line of Hardwood Lumber, Ship Timbers, Etc. Price List, July 1st, 1922
San Francisco: David Hardwood Company, 1922.
3.75 x 7.75 inches, 32 pp, stapled wrappers. Not located in OCLC. One corner with a small crease; about fine.
A scarce, nicely illustrated catalogue for this San Francisco company, whose owner, William Davis, traveled up and down the Pacific Coast to show his wares and was dubbed "the Philippine Mahogany King" (yes, really). A handsome lithograph graces the cover, and photographic illustrations inside show the plant, workers, and methods of transporting the lumber, as well as finished products (paneled walls and doors, a Pierce Arrow auto body made with 8 different woods) and an exhibit then on view at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Prices are given for more than 15 species (from Australian Ironbark to Walnut), along with brief information about the uses of each.
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