Pulp Fiction, 1950 · page 2 of 132
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# Page Analysis This is a full-page advertisement, not fiction content. The Aladdin Company advertises their "Readi-Cut House" system, a kit-home product priced at $1,492 (freight paid). The ad emphasizes cost savings through pre-cut lumber and materials shipped directly from the mill, allowing buyers to perform their own construction labor. The page features multiple photographs of example homes, lists seventy-one available designs, and includes a mail-in coupon for a color catalog. Two office locations are given: Bay City, Michigan and Wilmington, North Carolina.
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ix" acon SAVE 4 PROFITS ON LUMBER, MILLWORK HARDWARE & LABOR The Aladdin Readi-Cut System of Construc- tion enables youto save 18% lumber waste and up to 30% labor costs, and guarantees: you will receive the highest quality dry lum- ber and a COMPLETE house as specified. You can buy your COMPLETE house, ALL IN ONE SHIPMENT, direct from our mills and save the in-between profits. AIADD READI. cur 1492 HOUSE ereicurt paip HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH ‘COST OF BUILDING Every hour you can put in on the construction of your Aladdin home means a saving to you of from $2.00 to $3.00 per hour on its cost. That means a SAVING of from $15.00 to $18.00 for every day you work on it!**** Depending on the size of the house, the carpenter work sums up to from three hundred hours to twelve hundred hours.**** WITH MOST OF THE 71 DESIGNS TO CHOOSE FROM SKILLED LABOR ALREADY PERFORMED when you receive your Aladdin Readi-Cut, what an opportunity you have to bring down the cost of your new home to practically a pre-war level. Our drawings and instructions cover every- thing from the foundation up, so you can save any part, or even all labor costs. PAY YOURSELF THOSE HIGH WAGES WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU BUY AN ALADDIN You get ALL THE LUMBER cut to fit by fast machinery-produc- tion line methods—marked and numbered, ready to erect prac- tically without the use of a saw; also siding, flooring, interior trim, all millwork, doors, windows, mouldings, glass, hardware, nails, roofing, paint and complete drawings with instructions. Many Aladdin home buyers erect their own houses. oe GUARANTEE: SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK i Send 25 cents today THE ALADDIN CO. ! Street. OFFICES AND MILLS IN MICHIGAN & NORTH CAROLINA Ranch Houses, Colonials, Cape Cods and Modern plans; also Storage Walls and Ex- pansion Attics. ALADDIN HOUSES ARE NOT PREFABRICATED. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Address Nearest Office = THE ALADDIN CO. BAY CITY, MICHIGAN or WILMINGTON, N. C. DOO = C© C©