PDF File Cabinet

Here you will find an annotated alphabetical list of PDF documents including articles, National Register Forms, and promotional documents from the Lustron Corporation. The information included in this library is for educational purposes only. The documents are organized by category and then in alphabetical order. More detailed descriptions of the articles can be found below the index.

If you are looking for a copy of the Erection Manual, click here.

PDF File Cabinet

Please note that some of the files below are quite large and may take some time to download.

000-ADVERTISEMENT-KIMSUL-QUONSET_NAVY_HUT-1945

000-ARTICLES-THE_ARCHITECT_AND_BUILDING_NEWS-1948

000-ARTICLES-THE_ARCHITECTURAL_FORUM

000-ARTICLES-THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM-PREFABRICATION

000-ARTICLES-ARCHITECTURAL_RECORD-1944

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-”AirBarac”_DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINES

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-CHAPTER 2-THE_LIGHTFUL_HOUSE

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-DYMAXION_DEPLOYMENT_UNITS

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-THE DYMAXION_MOBILE_DORMITORY

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-PACKAGING TOILETS

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-WICHITA_DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINE

000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-THE_WICHITA_HOUSE_LIVES_ON

000-ARTICLES-CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE-1932

000-ARTICLES-CHICAGO_TRIBUNE-1932

000-ARTICLES-COLUMBUS DISPATCH-1932

000-ARTICLES-CONSUMER_REPORTS_1948

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-2

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-3

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-4

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-5

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-6

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-7

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-8

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-9

000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-10

000-ARTICLES-DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINE_FACTS

000-ARTICLES-EXPERIMENTAL_STEEL_HOUSE-1945

000-ARTICLES-THE HOLLENDEN PAGE-CLEVELAND-1932

000-ARTICLES-FIRST_ENAMEL_HOUSE_1929-1932

000-ARTICLES-INCOME_FROM_IDLE_PROPERTY

000-ARTICLES-JAMAICA, N.Y. PRESS-1933

000-ARTICLES-KANSAS CITY STAR-1932

000-ARTICLES-MECHANIX_ILLUSTRATED_1948

000-ARTICLES-MODERN_BUSINESS_UNITS

000-ARTICLES-PORCELAIN STEEL BUILDINGS-1932

000-ARTICLES-PORCELAIN_STEEL: MODERN_BUSINESS_UNITS

000-ARTICLES-PROGRESS-OUR_FUTURE_HOMES-1932

000-ARTICLES-SOUTH_DAKOTA_HISTORY_2006

000-ARTICLES-THE SUPER SERVICE STATION-1932

000-ARTICLES-TIME-GENERAL_HOUSES-1932

000-ARTICLES-Walter_Gropius-EXPANSIBLE_PREFAB_HOUSE_FOR_POSTWAR

000-ARTICLES-WASHABLE_AND_WON’T_FADE-1933

000-ARTICLES-YANK: THE_ARMY_WEEKLY-YOUR_POST-WAR_HOME

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE_ANSWERS

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-CAMERA

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-KNOW

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-PLANNING

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-HEATING_DIAGRAM

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron Homes, 1953 Study

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Architectural Plans, Model 023 Home

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron_Homes_Fact_Sheet

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron Homes Master Specifications

000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-PLANS-GARAGE

000-LUSTRON-DISASSEMBLY-MANUAL

000-LUSTRON-STRANDLUND LETTER

000-NATIONAL-REGISTER-FORMS-GEORGIA-MPS

000-LUSTRON-NATIONAL-REGISTER-FORMS-KANSAS-MPS

Detailed Descriptions of PDF Files

000-ADVERTISEMENT-KIMSUL-QUONSET_NAVY_HUT-1945
"Quonset Navy Hut" Kimsul Ad - 1945
000-ARTICLES-ARCHITECTURAL_RECORD-1944
"The Direction for Progress in the House Building Techniques" Architectural Record - 1944
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-”AirBarac”_DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINES
"'AirBarac' Dymaxion Dwelling Machines" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-CHAPTER 2-THE_LIGHTFUL_HOUSE
"The Lightful House" BuckyWorks Chapter 2
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-DYMAXION_DEPLOYMENT_UNITS
"Dymaxion Deployment Units" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-PACKAGING TOILETS
"Packaging Toilets" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-THE DYMAXION_MOBILE_DORMITORY
"The Dymaxion Mobile Dormitory" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-THE_WICHITA_HOUSE_LIVES_ON
"The Wichita House Lives On" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-BuckyWorks-WICHITA_DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINE
"Wichita Dymaxion Dwelling Machine" BuckyWorks
000-ARTICLES-CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE-1932
"Erect Steel and Glass House in North Shore Suburb" 1932
000-ARTICLES-CHICAGO_TRIBUNE-1932
"Something New in Residences" Chicago Tribune - 1932.
000-ARTICLES-COLUMBUS DISPATCH-1932
"Designs Promote Steel" Article - Columbus Dispatch - 1932
000-ARTICLES-CONSUMER_REPORTS_1948
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE
"The Packaged House: A Wartime Proposal" Dream and Reality: America in War and Peace
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-10
"The French Legacy of Konrad Wachsmann" The Packaged House: A Wartime Proposal
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-2
"Contributions of Gropius and Wachsmann" The Packaged House: A Wartime Proposal
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-3
"The Packaged House: A Wartime Proposal" Dream and Reality: America in War and Peace, Part III
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-4
"General Panel Corporation, New York" The Packaged House, Part IV.
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-5
"From War to Peace: the Search for Backing" The Packaged House, Part V.
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-6
"The Packaged House" Dream and Reality: America in War and Peace, Part VI.
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-7
"Climax in California: the Rush to Production" The Packaged House, Part VII.
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-8
"The Packaged House" Dream and Reality: America in War and Peace, Part VIII.
000-ARTICLES-DREAM_AND_REALITY: AMERICA_IN_WAR_AND_PEACE-9
"General Panel Corp, NY" The Packaged House, Part IX.
000-ARTICLES-DYMAXION_DWELLING_MACHINE_FACTS
"Dymaxion Dwelling Machine Facts"
000-ARTICLES-EXPERIMENTAL_STEEL_HOUSE-1945
"Experimental Steel House" 1945
000-ARTICLES-FIRST_ENAMEL_HOUSE_1929-1932
"Here's the World's First Porcelain House" Article
000-ARTICLES-INCOME_FROM_IDLE_PROPERTY
"Income From Idle Property"
000-ARTICLES-JAMAICA, N.Y. PRESS-1933
"New Metal House, Without Rafter, Stud or Joist, Delights Average Homeowner Who Studies It" Jamaica, N.Y. Press - 1933
000-ARTICLES-KANSAS CITY STAR-1932
"A Hope in Steel Houses" from the Kansas City Star - 1932
000-ARTICLES-MECHANIX_ILLUSTRATED_1948
000-ARTICLES-MODERN_BUSINESS_UNITS
"Modern Business Units" in Porcelain Steel Buildings
000-ARTICLES-PORCELAIN STEEL BUILDINGS-1932
"Porcelain Steel Buildings" 1932
000-ARTICLES-PORCELAIN_STEEL: MODERN_BUSINESS_UNITS
"Porcelain Steel: Modern Business Units"
000-ARTICLES-PROGRESS-OUR_FUTURE_HOMES-1932
"Our Future Homes" Progress - 1932
000-ARTICLES-SOUTH_DAKOTA_HISTORY_2006
Saxman, Michelle, "The Lustron Home: An Experiment in Steel." South Dakota History, Winter 2006
000-ARTICLES-THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM-PREFABRICATION
"Prefabrication" The Architectural Forum
000-ARTICLES-THE HOLLENDEN PAGE-CLEVELAND-1932
"First Enamel House to be Built" Hollenden Page Article - 1932
000-ARTICLES-THE SUPER SERVICE STATION-1932
"Beauty at a Bargain in Record Time" 1932
000-ARTICLES-THE_ARCHITECTURAL_FORUM
"Ignoring the past, embracing today, will this round prefab capture tomorrow?" The Architectural Forum
000-ARTICLES-THE_ARCHITECT_AND_BUILDING_NEWS-1948
"American Steel Prefabricated Bungalow" The Architect and Building News - 1948
000-ARTICLES-TIME-GENERAL_HOUSES-1932
"General Houses" Time - 1932.
000-ARTICLES-Walter_Gropius-EXPANSIBLE_PREFAB_HOUSE_FOR_POSTWAR
"Expansible Prefab House for Postwar" Walter Gropius
000-ARTICLES-WASHABLE_AND_WON’T_FADE-1933
"Washable and Won't Fade" Article - 1933
000-ARTICLES-YANK: THE_ARMY_WEEKLY-YOUR_POST-WAR_HOME
"Your Post-War Home" Yank: The Army Weekly
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Architectural Plans, Model 023 Home
Nine pages of plans for the Lustron Home
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-CAMERA
"Camera Tour Through the Lustron Home: A New Standard of Living"
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-KNOW
"Things You Want to Know About the Lustron Home"
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE-PLANNING
Excerpts from "The Lustron Home Planning Guide, for Demonstration Home Site Selection, Site Planning, Interior Decoration, Site Planning."
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-BROCHURE_ANSWERS
Answers to Your Questions about Lustron Homes
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-HEATING_DIAGRAM
Illustration of Radiant Heating from Metal Panels Warmed by a Forced Hot Air System
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron Homes Master Specifications
Master Specifications for Lustron Home. Specs include information on excavation, site preparation, preparing the concrete foundation and specs for the house itself. Consisting of 14 pages. Date of issue, May 6, 1948. Revised June1, 1948.
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron Homes, 1953 Study
"A Study on Lustron Homes Made Among 200 Lustron Home Owners." This document details the results of study of early Lustron Owners.
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-Lustron_Homes_Fact_Sheet
000-LUSTRON-CORPORATION-PLANS-GARAGE
Suggested Door and Window Arrangement for Two-Car Garage
000-LUSTRON-DISASSEMBLY-MANUAL
The Illustrious Lustron: A Guide for the Disassembly and Preservation of America's Modern Metal Marvel
000-LUSTRON-NATIONAL-REGISTER-FORMS-KANSAS-MPS
National Register of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation form for the Lustron Homes of Kansas, 2001
000-LUSTRON-STRANDLUND LETTER
Letter dated 9/7/1949 from C.G. Strandlund to Mrs. Milton B. Ruble, Lustron home owner.
000-NATIONAL-REGISTER-FORMS-GEORGIA-MPS
001-EM-COVER
Erection Manual Cover
001-em-cover.pdf
002-EM-02-A-10-13
Foundation Slab Dimensions
002-em-02-a-10-13.pdf
003-EM-02-A-11-11
Foundation Details
003-em-02-a-11-11.pdf
004-em-02-a-14-1.pdf
005-em-02-a-21-1.pdf
006-em-02-a-31-1.pdf
007-em-02-b-11-1.pdf
008-em-02-b-20-11.pdf
010-em-02-b-20-13.pdf
011-em-02-b-21-1.pdf
012-em-02-b-31-1.pdf
013-em-02-b-40-1.pdf
014-em-02-c-10-10.pdf
015-em-02-c-10-11.pdf
016-em-02-c-10-12.pdf
017-em-02-c-10-14.pdf
018-em-02-c-21-1.pdf
019-em-02-c-22-1.pdf
020-em-02-c-31-1.pdf
021-em-02-c-31-1.pdf
022-em-02-c-31-20.pdf
023-em-02-c-31-30.pdf
024-em-02-c-31-40.pdf
025-em-02-c-52-1.pdf
026-em-02-c-53-1.pdf
027-em-02-c-60-1.pdf
028-em-02-d-10-11.pdf
029-em-02-d-11-1.pdf
030-em-02-d-12-1.pdf
031-em-20-d-21-1.pdf
032-em-02-d-40-1.pdf
033-em-02-e-10-1.pdf
034-em-02-e-20-1.pdf
035-em-02-e-401.pdf
036-em-02-f-10-1.pdf
037-em-02-f-10-11.pdf
038-em-02-f-10-12.pdf
039-em-02-f-15-1.pdf
040-em-02-f-20-11.pdf
041-em-02-f-22-1.pdf
042-em-02-f-23-1.pdf
043-em-02-f-30-1.pdf
044-em-02-f-39-1.pdf
045-em-02-f-41-1.pdf
046-em-02-g-10-1.pdf
047-em-02-g-10-11.pdf
048-em-02-g-10-12.pdf
049-em-02-g-21-1.pdf
050-em-h-11-13.pdf
051-em-02-h-11-14.pdf
052-em-02-h-12-1.pdf
053-em-02-h-13-1.pdf
054-em-02-h-14-1.pdf
054-em-02-h-14-1.pdf
055-em-02-j-11-11.pdf
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063-em-02-k-11-11.pdf
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065-em-02-k-22-11.pdf
066-em-02-k31-1.pdf
067-em-02-k-40-1.pdf
068-em-02-k-50-1.pdf
069-em-02-k-61-1.pdf
070-em-02-k-80-1.pdf
071-em-02-l-12-1.pdf
072-em-02-l-2011.pdf
073-em-02-l-29-1.pdf
074-em-02-l-32-1.pdf
075-em-02-l-40-11.pdf
076-em-02-l-41-1.pdf
077-em-02-l-51-1.pdf
078-em-02-l-52-1.pdf
079-em-02-l-60-1.pdf
080-em-02-m-10-1.pdf
081-em-02-m-21-1.pdf
082-em-m-31-12.pdf
083-em02-m-43-1.pdf
084-em-02-m-52-1.pdf
085-em-02-m-60-11.pdf
086-em-02-m-63-1.pdf
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091-em-02-m-101-11.pdf
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098-em-02-m-130-1.pdf
099-em-02-m-140-1.pdf
100-em-02-n-11-1.pdf
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107-em-02-n-6011.pdf
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108-em-02-n-51-1.pdf
109-em-02-n-65-1.pdf
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111-em-02-n-68-1.pdf
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113-em-02-n-90-1.pdf
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116-em-02-n-111-1.pdf
117-em-02-p-10-15.pdf
118-em-02-p-11-15.pdf
119-em-02-p-11-18.pdf
120-em-02-p-12-11.pdf
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122-em-02-p-12-12.pdf
123-em-02-p-12-17.pdf
124-em-02-p-20-1.pdf
125-em-02-p-20-11.pdf
126-em-02-p-31-1.pdf
127-em-02-p-31-11.pdf
127-em-02-p-31-11.pdf
128-em-02-p-44-1.pdf
129-em-02-p-44-1.pdf
130-em-02-p-44-12.pdf
131-em-02-q-11-1.pdf
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133-em-02-q-11-1.pdf
134-em-02-q-21-11.pdf
135-em-02-r-21-104.pdf
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136-em-02-r-21-1.pdf
137-em-02-r-31-1.pdf
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139-em-r-41-1.pdf
139-em-r-41-1.pdf
140-em-02-r-41-11.pdf
141-em-02-n-53-1.pdf
142-em-02-r-53-11.pdf
143-em-02-r-53-12.pdf
144-em-02-r-61-1.pdf
145-em-02-s-11-10.pdf
146-em-02-s-11-11.pdf
147-em-02-s-12-1.pdf
148-em-02-s-22-1.pdf
148-em-02-s-22-1.pdf
149-em-02-s-23-1.pdf
150-em-02-s-33-1.pdf
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151-em-02-s-34-1.pdf
152-em-s-42-11.pdf
153-em-02-s-52-1.pdf
154-em-02-s-53-1.pdf
155-em-02-s-62-1.pdf
156-em-02-s-63-1.pdf
157-em-02-t-501.pdf
157-em-02-t-501.pdf
157-em-02-t-501.pdf
158-em-02-u-90-1.pdf
159-em-02-v-10-1.pdf
159-em-02-v-10-1.pdf
160-em-02-v-20-1.pdf
161-em-02-v-30-1.pdf
161-em-02-v-30-1.pdf
162-em-02-y-10-1.pdf
163-em-02-z-10-1.pdf
164-em-02-z-20-1.pdf
165-em-02-z-30-1.pdf
166-em-02-z-30-11.pdf
167-em-02-z-lastpage.pdf
1953 Lustron Owner Survey
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