![]() ![]() Seeking remedies for its citizens, the federal government instituted creative and wide-ranging programs to encourage higher education and home ownership, and established national residential construction standards. World War II brought economic recovery but exacted a terrible human price. ![]() Our history is familiar but bears repeating: The Great Depression saw a peak nationwide unemployment of 25 percent and was exacerbated by the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. There is a good reason the advertising images of the 1950s and ’60s look so giddily happy: given the nation’s then-recent history of economic privation and war, who wouldn’t be overjoyed with sparkling clean dishes or a car that looked as good as the ’55 Bel Air? The homes of that era similarly reflected the optimism and faith in the future that pervaded the times. ![]()
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