1935 and out for a fast decor refresh before Mother comes. Room interiors with brand new venetian blinds manufactured by the Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio.

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Front cover, Image 1 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/mode/1up

A bank, maybe. Commercial but not a store because they dress the windows, not cover them up with venetian blinds. Page 3 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/1/mode/1up
In this Bedroom Yardley Blinds add charm and comfort. (upper image). Page 6 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/6/mode/1up
Venetian Blinds adapted to the formal dining room (lower image). Page 6 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/6/mode/1up
Yardley Venetian Blinds furnish controlled light and privacy in this airy sun room (upper image). Page 7 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/7/mode/1up
One of the many attractive offices in the Grant Building, Pittsburgh, which is equipped throughout with Yardley Blinds. We quote from a letter by V. W. Hunter. superintendent of this building, as follows: ‘- we are pleased to advise you that we have approximately 1800 Venetian Blinds of the Yardley manufacture in our building. Over a period of 33 months, these blinds have been satisfactory in every respect and we have had excellent service from the Yardley Company. We feel we made no mistake in the selection of the Yardley Venetian Blind.’ Page 8 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/8/mode/1up
A pleasant corner of the club library. YARDLEY BLINDS in stain finishes, will match various wood paneling. They add especially to an early American motif. Page 9 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/9/mode/1up

Yardley Screen and Weather Strip was active in the 1920s and 1930s according to a Google search. This is the only 1930s catalogue of theirs that anyone has scanned. There is an earlier pamphlet listing their screen products but it has no room pictures.

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