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In 1974 the standard new American house was long, low and entirely on one floor, and the plan it was built to did specific things on purpose.
All…
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In 1964 an American who needed to say something urgently went to a counter, or telephoned one, and dictated it to a clerk who typed it and read…
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In 1974 an American school raised money by sending its children out to collect newspapers.
It was announced as a competition between classrooms with the standings posted weekly.…
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In 1964 an American household kept a scrapbook, and what went in it was the evidence that the family existed in the public record.
Clippings from the local…
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In 1974 the music in an American living room came out of a six-foot wooden cabinet on legs, bought from a furniture department, chosen to match the dining…
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In 1974 a farmhouse that fed itself was managing four incompatible climates in one underground room, by hand, against the weather, from October until June.
Potatoes wanted cold,…