Home furnishings technical files--floor and wall coverings, 1929-1981.

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Home furnishings technical files--floor and wall coverings, 1929-1981.

The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects concerning floor and wall covers such as carpeting and curtains. Included are corresopndence, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, product literature, test results, operating manuals, advertisements, carpet samples, tile samples, and purchase orders. Included subjects are floor coverings, linoleum, asphalt tile, plastic floor covering, rubber floor covering, carpets and carpeting, wall coverings, curtains, window shades, venetian blinds, screens, storm windows, and weather stripping. Also includes material on carpet standards and specifications, care and repair, and test methods.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6684363

Rutgers University

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...