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THE SUBURBS AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THIS LOOKS IN AT UNION COLLEGE IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY AND ON...
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| 00:00:25 |
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DO TODAY IS PULL TOGETHER TWO OF THE BIG STHEEMTHEMES WE'VE BEEN EXAMINING IN OUR LOOK AT THE POST-WAR UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE CONTEXT...
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| 00:03:52 |
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REMEMBER, (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) >> WE'VE GOT TWO MORE. (music)(music) (music)(music) (music)(music) >> AND SO THEY JOINED THE...
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| 00:04:26 |
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THIS FAMILIAR SIGHT. SOON TO ABSORB FAMILIAR SOUNDS. >> ANYBODY HOME? >> UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T PLAY YOU ALL 15 MINUTES' WORTH. WE WILL IF WE HAVE TIME...
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| 00:04:48 |
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NON-FICTION VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF POST-WAR SUBURBIA AND THEY DIDN'T STRIKE YOU ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE SUBURBS IN THE MID-50s ARE PRESENTED BY...
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| 00:05:19 |
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IT WAS THE HAPPY, FAMILY LIFE IN THE SUBURBS AND YOU HAVE THE DELIBERATE FILMMAKING CONTRAST THERE BETWEEN THE BLEAK AND DREARY SOUNDTRACK BEFORE THE...
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| 00:05:47 |
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FRENZY AND YOU CAN RELAX AND THERE'S A FAMILY OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS. >> LITERALLY THOSE DARK DAYS AND THE END OF THE WAR, THE IMMEDIATE POST-WAR ERA...
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| 00:06:02 |
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COLOR. VICTORIA? AND YOU GO ON WITH THE COLOR AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS OF THE TIME. >> SURE. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE IN A PERIOD NOW IN THE LATE...
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| 00:06:17 |
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OF UNDERSCORE THAT SENSE OF PROGRESS AND THAT SENSE OF OPTIMISM AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TRACED THROUGHOUT THIS TERM AS WELL. WE'LL COME BACK...
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| 00:10:19 |
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THE NAME OF McQUINCY, AND IT WAS A RESERVE IN THE TOWN CALLED -- WHAT WAS THAT NAME? I SHOULD REMEMBER IT, IT SHOULD BE MOVED INTO BELLOW AFTER THAT....
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| 00:10:42 |
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SHE WRECKS THE HOUSE. SHE'S ONLY DOING WHAT'S NATURAL FOR A CHILD. OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHILDREN.
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| 00:10:48 |
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I'VE ONLY BROUGHT UP FOUR OF MY OWN. >> WELL, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS IN 1918 JUST BEFORE THE ARMISTICE. MY SERGEANT WAS A FELLOW BY
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| 00:11:02 |
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THE NAME OFFED OF McQUINCY AND USED TO BE -- >> AND A HUMOROUS DRAMATIZATION OF THE SITUATION THAT MANY AMERICAN, ESPECIALLY VETERANS COMING BACK FROM...
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| 00:11:21 |
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WOULD HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN IN 1946 AND 1947, AND PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, DOUBLE UP AND MOVE IN WITH THE IN-LAWS AND THAT'S...
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| 00:14:52 |
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FRACTION OF THE USUAL TIME AT A FRACTION OF THE USUAL COST. THESE NEW BUILDING TECHNIQUES RANGED FROM GIANT MACHINES WHICH DEPOSIT WHOLE HOUSES...
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| 00:15:27 |
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THE WAR THAT THEY LOOKED TO WITH GREATEST HOPE. >> MOST STRIKING DEVELOPMENT IS A REVOLUTIONARY LOW-PRICED HOME PRODUCED BY BUCKMASTER FULLER FOR
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| 00:15:41 |
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MASS PRODUCTION. WITH THAT PRESENT POTENTIAL, THE NATION'S AIRCRAFT PLANS COULD TURN THESE OUT AT THE ARREST 2 MILLION A YEAR. >> MR. FULLER, WHY A ROUND...
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| 00:15:55 |
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THE ONLY REASON WHY HOUSES HAVE BEEN RECTANGULAR THESE YEARS IS THAT HAS ALL TO DO WITH
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| 00:16:01 |
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MATERIALS THEY HAVE AND NOW WITH MODERN MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY WE WOULD FIND THE HOUSES THE SAME EFFICIENCY AND REGARDED SUSPENSION BRIDGES AND AIRPLANES....
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| 00:17:01 |
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AHEAD. >> YEA. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS AND TALK ABOUT A DEAD END THAT
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DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN AND YOU GO
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| 00:17:07 |
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TO A HOUSING
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| 00:17:08 |
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SITE TODAY YOU DID NOT SEE WHEELED MACHINES DEPOSITING HOUSES LIKE THAT, BUT SPECULATING FOR IT IT MADE PERFECT SENSE IN THINKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT...
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| 00:17:33 |
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WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT SO WHY NOT DO IT? >> RIGHT. RIGHT. >> AND JUST IN THE WAY THAT WE LOOKED AT SORT OF OTHER SPECULATION ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL...
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| 00:17:45 |
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ENERGY OR SOMETHING. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SORT OF LOOKING FORWARD AND IT WAS A FANTASY OF WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND IT DIDN'T PAN OUT AND YOU...
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| 00:18:16 |
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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND ALSO SORT OF A SOCIAL VISIONARY HERE. YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF ALMOST FROM THAT THAT HE'S A LITTLE BIT KIND OF OUT THERE...
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| 00:20:58 |
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TO WORK FOR THE LUSTRON CORPORATION IN WHATEVER THE NAME OF THAT TOWN
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| 00:21:02 |
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WAS. LITERALLY THAT CONVERSION FROM PEACE TO WAR AND YOU'VE GOT THIS GREAT, I MEAN, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THESE LATE 40s AND EARLY '50s STUFF...
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| 00:21:33 |
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SELF-DIRECTED FIELD TRIP YOU CAN CHECK OUT WHAT THESE ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. THEY'RE COLLECTOR'S ITEMS AND THERE ARE LUSTRON HOMES ALL OVER THE WEB, BUT...
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| 00:25:40 |
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A GREAT WEBSITE DESIGNED BY A GUY NAMED PETER HEALALES AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT MORE IMAGES OF GIVING YOU AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE WEBSITES...
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| 00:26:05 |
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ARTICLE FOR 1950 ANDAS IT'S UNFOLDING. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE TECHNIQUES THAT LEVITT AS A BUILDER USED TO TRY TO PUT THIS DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER QUICKLY...
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| 00:26:36 |
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ONE POINT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TRUCKS JUST DROPPING BUNDLES OF SUPPLIES AND JUST A BUNDLE OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE BIG, ROLLED UP THING AND...
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| 00:27:36 |
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OFTENTIMES MOST HOUSES BUILT IN THE 'BETWEEN
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| 00:27:39 |
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THEs OR '30s WAS COMPLICATED TO MAKE ONE FULL STORY AND A LOT OF THE THOUSANDES START THE OUT WITH JUST A SINGLE FLOOR EITHER IN HIS BASIC CAPE COD HOUSES...
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| 00:28:03 |
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THINGS UP. GREAT, RYAN? >> THEYOU COULD FOCUS A FEW DIFFERENT HOUSES AT A TIME AND HIRE PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR DIFFERENT HOUSING
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| 00:28:17 |
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BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD ONE HOUSE. IT TAKES TIME FOR EVERYTHING TO DEVELOP. >> RIGHT. RIGHT. MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THAT HENRY FORD DID WITH THE ASSEMBLY...
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| 00:28:29 |
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THE TASK THAT A SKILLED LABORER DID. SO FOR HENRY FORD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE WHO WAS A MACHINIST AND WHO WAS EXPERIENCED IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF...
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| 00:29:49 |
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STRATEGIES THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO REMARKABLE AND STRIKING ABOUT LEVITT TOWN
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| 00:29:56 |
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IN PARTICULAR IS THE SCALE OF OF BUILDING THAT'S GOING ON. WHEN LEVITT TOWN WAS DONE AND LEVITT TOWN ITSELF WAS NOT JUST ONE TOWN AND IT WAS SPREAD...
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| 00:31:11 |
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AND THEY SAID I CAN HAVE A FOUR-BURNER STOVE AND IT WILL FIT THE SAME FOR NOT THAT MUCH MORE OF A PRICE, AND THROW OUT THE THREE-BURNER STOVES AND...
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| 00:31:43 |
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MINDSET. THEY DON'T TAKE THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE AS A GIVEN. EVERYONE JUST SORT OF ASSUMED YOU NEED THE THREE-BURNER STOVE. WHY NOT PUT IN A FOUR BURNER...
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| 00:32:50 |
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YOU COME AND VISIT THE SITE IF THEY ARE IN FULL PRODUCT, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN GUYS, MOSTLY GUYS, AND PROBABLY ALL GUYS WORKING AS YOU WENT ALONG AND...
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| 00:33:55 |
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PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANYTHING. >> YES. A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS THERE. ONE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE SOLIDLY TARGETED TO THE MIDDLE CLASS...
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| 00:34:05 |
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LOWER MIDDLE CLASS, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS AND HE REALIZES THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR. THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL BUILD A HOUSE DOWN...
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| 00:34:50 |
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SENSE. GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE JUMP OUT AT YOU FOR HOW LEVITT IS THINKING
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| 00:34:55 |
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE ROLE IN GOVERNMENT IS. >> IT GOES BACK TO ENTREPRENEURIAL DEMANDS AND STUFF. HE DOESN'T...
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| 00:35:10 |
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A PUBLIC AND THE RESPECT FOR FREE MARKET AND HIM TRYING TO MACK A PROFIT AND HE DECIDES THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP IN AND BUILD IT NOW. >> THERE ARE...
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| 00:35:29 |
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AN ARTICLE THAT THEY AVOIDED IN BACKING OF UNIONS AND THE BOOST THAT THEY COULD
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| 00:35:38 |
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GET FROM THE VETERAN SUPPORT. >> SO REACHING OUT ESPECIALLY TO VETERANS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH HE SAYS IT EXPLICITLY AND ALSO IMPLICITLY, THE
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| 00:35:48 |
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PROGRAMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING FOR RETURNING VETERANS TO GET THEM RE-ESTABLISHED AND READJUSTED IS THE GREAT WORD WE USED SO FAR INTO CIVILIAN...
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| 00:36:14 |
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HAPPEN ARE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS THOSE PROMOTED BY THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. THE FHA FOR SHORT. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND CONNECTING...
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| 00:37:17 |
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POST-WAR ERA, AND IF YOU WANTED TO BUY A HOUSE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE $10,000 OF CASH IN YOUR POCKET, YOU NEED TO GET A MORTGAGE FROM THE BANK. MOST BANKS...
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| 00:47:25 |
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TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN -- THIS IS THE LOCAL EXAMPLE, BUT IT KIND OF MIRRORED THE SAME OUTREACH THAT PEOPLE LIKE LEVITT WOULD HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:48:08 |
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HOW YOU CAN WATCH THE CHILDREN PLAYING AND THERE IS A LOT
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| 00:48:14 |
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OF BEDROOMS SO YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR FAMILY. THEY HAVE THE YARDS SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'D WANT IF YOU WERE -- >> GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. YEA. VERY...
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| 00:48:34 |
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THAT'S EXACTLY WHO THEY ENVISION OCCUPYING THESE PLACES. GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE JUMP OUT AT YOU FOR THE SELLING POINTS THAT BURNS-WHITNEY ESTATES NIGHT...
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| 00:48:54 |
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MAP DOWN THERE OF WHERE ROUTE 7
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| 00:48:57 |
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MEETS ROUTE 9. NOTICE THERE IS NO INTERSTATE THERE YET, BUT PART OF THE VISION IS CLEARLY WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN A SOCIETY WHERE CAR OWNERSHIP IS NOT...
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| 00:49:30 |
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YOUR "I LOVE LUCY" AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT JUST SHOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE TIME HOW KITCHENS AND PRODUCTS ARE BECOMING MORE PREVALENT IN THEIR...
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| 00:49:48 |
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AND IF WE HAVE TIME RIGHT AT THE END HERE, I'LL SHOW A LITTLE BIT AND HOW THAT WAS EXPRESSED IN MOVING PICTURES HERE AND CLEARLY, ALL OF THE LISTINGS...
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| 00:50:09 |
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CAN RUN THE HOME? >> RIGHT. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHO THEY EXPECT TO BE IN THAT KITCHEN. THE PRESUMPTION IS
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| 00:50:17 |
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THE WOMAN'S GOING TO BE THERE AND THAT SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE MOST OF THE TIME AND PROBABLY NOT WORKING. IT VERY MUCH DOVE TAILS TO THIS DISCUSSION...
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| 00:50:42 |
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THEY CAN STILL ENGAGE IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITIES MIGHT HAVE AND MIGHT EVENTUALLY GET TO THE CITY. >> GREAT. YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN...
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| 00:50:57 |
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BUT YOU NO LONGER ARE BOUND BY LIVING IN THESE PLACES AND CITIES LIKE SCHENECTADY AND TROY WERE STARTING TO BE SEEN AS SORT OF DIRTY AND OVERCROWDED....
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| 00:52:52 |
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TO INDIVIDUALITY EVEN WITH ALL THE CONFORMITY. THESE HOUSES MIGHT BE THE EXACT SAME, BUT YOU CAN PICK THE OUTSIDE OF IT. SO YOU CAN STILL BE YOUR OWN...
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| 00:53:13 |
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ABOUT ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TENSIONS BETWEEN CONSUMER SOCIETY OR THESE FEETINGS OR SENSE OF INCREASING CONFORMITY IN LIFE IN THE...
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| 00:55:06 |
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DREAMS OF EVERYONE THERE'S A HOME THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN. HOME BRINGS A SENSE OF SECURITY TO A MAN. AND TO EVERY WOMAN, HER HOME MEANS A SETTING FOR...
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| 00:55:45 |
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YARD. >> THE CHILDREN -- CHILDREN? SAY HOW MANY ARE YOU PLANNING ON? NOT MORE THAN SIX, I HOPE. MAYBE I'D BETTER ADD A FEW MORE ROOMS BACK HERE. >>...
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| 00:56:31 |
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ASBESTOS SHINGLES ON. WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT THIS IS THE SET UP HERE ABOUT THE PORTRAYAL OF WHO'S GOING TO BE -- ANYTHING JUMP OUT AT YOU ABOUT THIS PICTURE...
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| 00:57:11 |
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WAYS. >> THIS WAS MADE IN 1952. A FEW YEARS INTO THE BUILDING OF THESE SUBURBAN PLACES WHACHL YOU SEE IN THE 1950s IS
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| 00:57:21 |
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YOU DO GET A LOT MORE VARIETY. THE COOKIE CUTTER RANCH, CAPE COD HOUSES ARE TYPICAL OF THAT EARLY PHASE. BY THE 1950s, YOU GET A WIDER RANGE OF PEOPLE...
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| 00:58:06 |
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STUFF. JUST PROSPERITY IN THE FUTURE. >> GREAT. THIS IS REALLY AS WE WERE SAYING THE OTHER DAY, ONE OF THE THING THAT'S DRIVING THE BACK BOOM IS THIS...
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| 00:58:16 |
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SECURITY AND OF PROSPERITY THAT'S GOING TO GO. MODELS RIGHT THERE, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SIX KIDS INSTEAD OF THE 3.2 OR WHAT HAVE YOU OR THE 2.4...
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| 00:58:52 |
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FOR HIS WIFE. IT REALLY SHOWS HOW HE'S BRINGING THE MONEY AND HE'S JUST PROVIDING FOR THE FAMILY AND THE WIFE'S THERE TO ENJOY EVERYTHING. >> THEY TELL...
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| 00:59:11 |
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SET OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW SHE'S GOING TO EXPLORE AND USE THAT SPACE. SO IT FITS VERY NEATLY INTO THOSE STEREOTYPICAL DESCRIPTIONS. AND WE'LL BE...
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| 00:59:45 |
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SOCIETY ASBESTOS IS BASICALLY DEATH. >> OH, SURE. ABSOLUTELY. BUT IT WAS A MIRACLE PRODUCT AT THAT TIME ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF FIREPROOFING. THE HEALTH...
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| 00:59:55 |
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AT HOME WITH THE KIDS. THE EARLY DESIGNS OF THE LEVITT TOWNHOUSES THE LIVING ROOM AND PICTURE WINDOWS WERE ON THE FRONT LOOKING OUT TO THE STREET....
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