Curtis Birch china cupboard

Sure is pretty. I'm thinking this is from the same Curtis company that made my screen doors.
I can't find any marks on it that identify it though.

Update:  Thanks to the poster and some additional work.  I was able to procure a Curtis catalog and it appears that most of the house was outfitted by the Curtis Company.  Additionally, the census became available for when this house was built.  The original owner is listed as a Hardware Salesman.  I wonder if there was a connection.

Update on Old time waterproofing

We're lucky enough to have all of the documents of when this house was built, including the contract, blueprints for the house and landscaping, and the original price list.

We need to have these documents these preserved before they deteriorate more. Suggestions?

Anyways here's some information about the funny, bentonite like coating that I've talked about before. The contract gives insight.


BASEMENT WALLS

Recreation room and office in basement concrete block walls shall be coated with 2 coats of "Cementico", color as desired.


Some basic searching on Google shows that it's calcimine paint, translation: whitewash. I would appreciate more information if anyone can aid.

Basement Walls

The long term study is over, and I've had lots of people asking how it's gone. Well, after reviewing the results I would have to say they have been a little disappointing. I probably have spent nearly $1000 in Xypex and PeelAway, and I have acid washed and used a grinder to clean the walls. As I've mentioned before after I preped the surface and applied the Xypex, I still had some efflorescence coming through the walls after a couple of months. Now nearly a year later, I've had large areas of Xypex peeling off the walls. After some reflection and a look at some costs I've decided to go another way.



Ta-Da! Wallmate, by Dow Corning. I put this up, about 26 sheets, in about 4 hours, by my self, with a powder actuated nailer and cost under $300. Drywall estimates are about $500 to $700. The estimates are about a $1.25 per square foot to hang and finish. My wife was duly impressed when she came home from work one day. I really wanted the two inch, but it was hard to find so I ended up with the 1.5 inch and it's been an incredible improvement. It’s already warm and much quieter. Just rest your back against the walls and you feel hot in only a minute.

The powder nailer worked great. I would recommend spending the extra bucks and get the trigger fired. I had trouble hitting the hammer fired while I was holding two sheets and a furring strip. Also sometime the charge would fall out. The trigger helped out big time. For my 70 year old concrete block walls I used 2.5 inch nails and a charge rating of 3. The nailer is made by Remington. Most of the nails a properly countersunk, but I’ve had a few which I just tapped in the rest of the way with a hammer.