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American Builder

American Builder was a trade magazine on building and construction published in the 20th century.

Publication History

American Builder began publishing under that title in 1917, as a renaming of American Carpenter and Builder. It absorbed Building Age in 1930, and from then until 1948 published as American Builder and Building Age before reverting to its original title. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. (More details) It ceased publication in 1969.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1917-1922: HathiTrust has volumes 22-26 and 28-33 of The American Builder, along with some issues of its predecessor, scanned by the New York Public Library
• 1919-1924, 1926-1928: HathiTrust also has volume 27, parts of volumes 30, 32, 33, and 34, volumes 35-36, and parts of volume 37, 40, 41, 42, and 45, scanned by the Ohio State University. Some later issues may be searchable but not readable online here.
• 1922-1923: The Internet Archive has volume 34, covering October 1922 through March 1923, scanned from microfilm.
• 1923: The Internet Archive has volume 35, covering April through September 1923, scanned from microfilm.
• 1923-1924: The Internet Archive has volume 36, covering October 1923 through March 1924, scanned from microfilm.
• 1924: The Internet Archive has volume 37, covering April through September 1924, scanned from microfilm.
• 1924-1925: The Internet Archive has volume 38, covering October 1924 through March 1925, scanned from microfilm.
• 1925: The Internet Archive has volume 39, covering April through September 1925, scanned from microfilm.
• 1925-1926: The Internet Archive has volume 40, covering October 1925 through March 1926, scanned from microfilm.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 41, covering April through September 1926, scanned from microfilm.
• 1926-1927: The Internet Archive has volume 42, covering October 1926 through March 1927, scanned from microfilm.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 43, covering April through September 1927, scanned from microfilm.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 43, number 1, dated April 1927, in a color scan from print that includes many advertising pages not present in the microfilm scan.
• 1927-1928: The Internet Archive has volume 44, covering October 1927 through March 1928, scanned from microfilm.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 45, covering April through September 1928, scanned from microfilm.
• 1928-1929: The Internet Archive has volume 46, covering October 1928 through March 1929, scanned from microfilm.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 47, covering April through September 1929, scanned from microfilm.
• 1929-1930: The Internet Archive has volume 48, covering October 1929 through March 1930, scanned from microfilm.
• 1930: The Internet Archive has volume 49, covering April through September 1930, scanned from microfilm.
• 1930-1931: The Internet Archive has volume 50, covering October 1930 through March 1931, scanned from microfilm.
• 1931: The Internet Archive has volume 51, covering April through September 1931, scanned from microfilm.
• 1931-1932: The Internet Archive has volume 52, covering October 1931 through March 1932, scanned from microfilm.
• 1932: The Internet Archive has volume 53, covering April through September 1932, scanned from microfilm.
• 1932-1933: The Internet Archive has volume 54, covering October 1932 through March 1933, scanned from microfilm.
• 1933: The Internet Archive has volume 55, covering April through December 1933, scanned from microfilm.
• 1934: The Internet Archive has volume 56, scanned from microfilm.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 57, scanned from microfilm.
• 1936: The Internet Archive has volume 58, scanned from microfilm.
• 1937: The Internet Archive has volume 59, scanned from microfilm.
• 1938: The Internet Archive has volume 60, scanned from microfilm.
• 1939: The Internet Archive has volume 61, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 62, scanned from microfilm.
• 1941: The Internet Archive has volume 63, scanned from microfilm.
• 1942: The Internet Archive has volume 64, scanned from microfilm.
• 1943: The Internet Archive has volume 65, scanned from microfilm.
• 1944: The Internet Archive has volume 66, scanned from microfilm.
• 1945: The Internet Archive has volume 67, scanned from microfilm.
• 1946: The Internet Archive has volume 68, scanned from microfilm.
• 1947: The Internet Archive has volume 69, scanned from microfilm.
• 1948: The Internet Archive has volume 70, scanned from microfilm.
• 1949: The Internet Archive has volume 71, scanned from microfilm.
• 1950: The Internet Archive has volume 72, scanned from microfilm.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 73, scanned from microfilm.
• 1952: The Internet Archive has volume 74, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 75, scanned from microfilm.
• 1954: The Internet Archive has volume 76, scanned from microfilm.
• 1955: The Internet Archive has volume 77, scanned from microfilm.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has volume 78, scanned from microfilm.
• 1957: The Internet Archive has volume 79, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 80, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 81, scanned from microfilm.
• 1960: The Internet Archive has volume 82, scanned from microfilm.
• 1961: The Internet Archive has volume 83, scanned from microfilm.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of American Carpenter and Builder, this magazine's predecessor.

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