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Title
"Dream House" of tomorrow
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption date March 25, 1947 reads, "Artist's sketch of the "Dream House" of tomorrow. But it is not a dream but a reality as a four-room low-cost modernistic home built from this sketch was made ready for public display on Wilshire Blvd. near Highland Ave. Earl W. Muntz is the sponsor for Scientific Research Laboratories in answer to the housing shortage. Utilizing industrialized methods and techniques, the home was designed by Jacque Fresco."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00047269
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 10498
CARL0000050855
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17196
Subject
Real estate development--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Architectural drawings
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Fresco, Jacque,1916-2017

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