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1908 to 1975 aladdin home plans catalog on dvd
1908 to 1975 Aladdin Home Plans on DVD
VLR is pleased to offer this wonderful piece of architectural history, Aladdin Homes - Built in a Day, home plans catalogs. This listing is for a DVD republication of the 1908 to 1975 aladdin homes catalogs. A wonderful library of almost every catalog from 1908 to 1960 (missing 1911, 1960 and NON-published war years), PLUS a selection of catalogs from 1961 to 1975 PLUS the 1915 Aladdin Home Furnishings catalog AND collection also includes the 1918- 1920 - 1921 Canadian Aladdin Home Kit catalogs. (A total of 54 complete catalogs on one DVD!).
Aladdin's output fell below 1000 homes in 1928 on the eve of the Great Depression, and never recovered. The company continued to produce catalogues, and maintained sales of a few hundred homes per year through the 1960s. During the 1970s sales fell further and by 1982 the company ceased manufacturing. The company ceased all operations in 1987.
The Aladdin company, along with other catalogue-home businesses played a key role in providing affordable housing to Americans in the period between the turn of the twentieth century and World War II. They also made key advancements in the prefabrication of housing which would enable the post-war housing boom. Finally, they helped to propagate nationwide preferences for common architectural styles such as the Craftsman, Bungalow, Four-Square and Cape Cod homes.
