Houses for Servicemen historically important housing plans for returning war heros Childrens published by Simpson & Williams

published by Simpson & Williams of Christchurch in 1927

inscribed by its original owner

colour and b&w illustration

it is a record of all Shield matches and their play makers between 1904 and 1966

first edition 1978

Houses for Servicemen historically important housing plans for returning war heros Childrens published by Simpson & WilliamsHere we have an important and rare record of life at the end of World War Two for our war heros, returning home, battle hardened, but no doubt exhausted, landing at last on New Zealand shores and having to contemplate what next in life. Not everything was as welcoming for our soldiers as this lovely gift of an amazing variety of fully developed and brilliant specimen housing designs produced by the New Zealand Institute of Architects, which came along