These pages from a timber-company catalogue illustrate the types of ready-made doors and window frames that were manufactured by joiners in factories from the 1860s. These kit-set components for bungalows and villas greatly reduced the time it took carpenters to construct houses.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1920s-01-front; Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1920s-01-17; Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1920s-01-03
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