American Radiator Company's Radiation and Decoration (1905)

click on the words "This Booklet"

The centerfold shows everything! Like the front coverings are removed from top to bottom!

You can see everything!

I can't believe this was an exhibit at the 1904 St Louis Worlds Fair

I didn't think they would allow someone to remove that much covering for public display in those days.

You can even see her "coal chute". (bottom right)

WOW!

I hope @Erin Holohan Haskell doesn't flag this post for it's content

I saw the stairway pattern in a late 19th century townhouse in Boston's Back Bay, still operating around 2010.

Most homes in that area were built with coal fireplaces and kitchen ranges; central heating was added later in most cases in the form of steam, hot water or hot air.

I clicked on it and nothing comes up,even clicking on the link to the booklet in the heating museum section turns up empty.

Here is the link: https://archive.org/details/RadiationAndDecoration/mode/2up