Today, I had an opportunity to help a neighbor find appropriate color schemes for her English cottage style home, so I found myself poking through old Aladdin catalogs again. I just love to dig through old kit home catalogs. I found a website that allows users to download old Aladdin catalogs
here.
As usual, I took screenshots of the ones in color I liked the best and I'm sharing them here. (Because this post is going to have a ton of pictures in it, I'm going to insert a page break so you'll have to load the post if you want to see them all.)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6kDImKV-nfQ/UVfBfUqXQvI/AAAAAAAANHQ/sC6IEIduMw0/s400/AladdinCadillac1917.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Cadillac," 1917 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9tfwR3Y9ZI0U_tByzqbdYB3uMhWbDtZyNqiW-GqfsE3t4tyrz-nMSDALPPw_FVDVsyb7tuu9k2ju8KHJdLpQzTljOwEo02ZFuHEasUryNP_DtUgTZVKyAAez-bvHQuKYTm09ojFnB5VU/s400/AladdinChampion1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Champion," 1920 |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-juOQSNQlm0M/UVfAPpPikbI/AAAAAAAANEY/3S05IjaFhFI/s400/AladdinDetroit1922.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Detroit," 1922 (same coloration as 1919 catalog) |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dis9ESdDftg/UVfAQi7VA6I/AAAAAAAANEg/JXlAwrywNdM/s400/AladdinDorval1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Dorval," 1920 |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-toQI_k2i04Q/UVfBaqy-MhI/AAAAAAAANGw/HZrP8r34Hzg/s400/AladdinDresden1917.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Dresden," 1917 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimimXMIwwXMbI1TTF0mqXJYTAf8fi8hS-82CcMLxCHdZc_umFWDYnD8uPJkCRm_Xw1ek4vSZDctW9XfWd4T6og7Cyfs-9tI1Zt1_5wuaicsdKanYxLfIbUKSgoRCglTzgwCamp8bsK1MNn/s400/AladdinEdison1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Edison," 1919 |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xStHlcOW5U4/UVfAagxNdBI/AAAAAAAANE4/EV1573E1Lns/s400/AladdinGrange1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Grange," 1920 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVBE5WM7HYrVTqkCHikUmQuRzxoPhIkD52fG_bTl69GlhQ6wNzEV4Cq_9MbYUf8pocYFHjHQXO2_wXr9V5AFaDhdKa9AQkJozdAIIVwtaKRPeaJvLgLacQVIDqCPHlEVhYidgZfhheHOI/s400/AladdinGeorgia1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Georgia," 1919 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyG89WoNm4vgbnnLtXotKAdZ3YbjXJuZCN-mGltK0SYdYui_kgK30bI2N1JIsvIAVZQ-6FB-QVA9r8eaYXh5GxUnbJXRtq6QteehDfBUtFhKdItsCnzl_AF-fL2wTDe5PPnFerKiuL1yoO/s400/AladdinGarages1926.png) |
Aladdin Kit Garages, 1926 |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2lhzcwzceJw/UVfAkqAh73I/AAAAAAAANFI/BGcMboSaY1U/s400/AladdinHolmwood1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Holmwood," 1920 |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WYXuSFaZKaQ/UVfBeYvhOvI/AAAAAAAANHE/JAJdgI3t4x4/s400/AladdinLeota1917.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Leota," 1917 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuMi9G_W7VcHMtzRyNci8REoS37Lu4CXAJEBatfqJgzyv7NYbn2pb6BKf7yEOgVxs-iAhwddd4-lhwIQvm4Tz6sFDGzGOMVpZIPHM5nKwChRbKqeQC35zIOj0PnYRNtKPJTNzM0AG9N0g/s400/AladdinMarsden1922.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Marsden," 1922 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1sGZoPuUZ7A/UVfAi6n3qNI/AAAAAAAANFA/sUaSnEe1NY0/s400/AladdinPasadena1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Pasadena," 1919 |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0_OhbRqrCtM/UVfAlQ32OHI/AAAAAAAANFQ/NmcbE6m6ZpQ/s400/AladdinPlaza1922.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, " The Plaza," 1922 (same coloration as 1919) |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rMCJrIy3chQ/UVfAzWUQEyI/AAAAAAAANFo/TenMt-sl_zw/s400/AladdinPomona1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Pomona," 1920 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opF-9VtHAks/UVfAzL4hpwI/AAAAAAAANFk/mmpSUdMl_wc/s400/AladdinPomona1922.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Pomona," 1922 |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqlBVEEtXzw/UVfAx1vYjfI/AAAAAAAANFY/nNSg2QFe-Ic/s400/AladdinRichmond1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Richmond," 1920 |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-Qab4sF--g/UVfA908U7AI/AAAAAAAANFw/GROwfi89s1A/s400/AladdinRoseland1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Roseland," 1919 (same coloration as 1917) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_DnGiP1m8Oed2lh4M4WuyJpn9m4fRpqhF-wSjhly7pPGpOZ6FMcIHWtHX7oxvDEasRB9VeVobWa3FFTFtl37BdnLWVx9-eudQv89zoheE2WmB8DegeZSWY_-mNeQvz5olenju8oRcEUV/s400/AladdinShadowLawn1917.jpg) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Shadow Lawn," 1917 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN_P9mLzT4ofVtwmAuXxNySk10dyQt5OVAK1Y4VZl8vda23-ZH46QPMZ2QsXEWYzwUlpIzockmW3AJNW6jEBMqMh2utJtRQ7sBjPm9b73HJPkfwmSr_Zz-u6CNxeRqcWqUT-TfF5psBuM/s400/AladdinStandard1917.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Standard," 1917 |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUfIqjOWPrg/UVfBD7ZkLZI/AAAAAAAANGA/oVg58ACgeTk/s400/AladdinStanhope1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Stanhope," 1919 |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bVYmUHN7wF8/UVfA_kHfoKI/AAAAAAAANF4/2cokgnMdlBg/s400/AladdinSunnyside1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Sunnyside," 1920 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xFYRHQQ6gLg/UVfBKQrYmqI/AAAAAAAANGQ/UP3rRfGoxH4/s400/AladdinSunshine1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Sunshine," 1919 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qghFIrbFDgg/UVfBI3JbLxI/AAAAAAAANGI/CXQ6ww93CrE/s400/AladdinTacoma1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Tacoma," 1920 |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOtyD2-14no/UVfBX3SZxmI/AAAAAAAANGo/jOFrPsr77GQ/s400/AladdinVenus1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Venus," 1919 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eqYMyDN2P18/UVfBQ8tP0ZI/AAAAAAAANGY/XY9tfoYVBjk/s400/AladdinVinelands1920.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Vinelands," 1920 |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2u0vbGFx5tk/UVfBbo9XV5I/AAAAAAAANG4/1EDPxyx1HBE/s400/AladdinWinthrop1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Winthrop," 1919 |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ivB7gwX6M18/UVfBXdYe3II/AAAAAAAANGg/7cx9mAYrZ3k/s400/AladdinYale1919.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Yale," 1919 |
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F0Irj6ApNVo/UVfCasQ9Z3I/AAAAAAAANHo/9waIdDtFCDw/s400/AladdinYale1917.png) |
Aladdin Kit Home, "The Yale," 1917 |
Fun!
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DeleteI wonder how accurate the colors are in those old publications? Good color reproduction didn't happen until fairly recently. Take a look at the unappetizing photos in even 1950s and 60's cookbooks to see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteI would use the period pictures as a starting point. I would not try and match them. I would choose a couple of possible color schemes and then go look at the options in the historical color palette and see if they look well together and choose that way.
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