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All Sides with Ann Fisher - 11:00 AM - Steel Yourselves: The Brief but Illustrious History of Lustron
The concept was simple: enamel-covered steel, prefabricated houses that would meet the surging post-war housing demand in the late 1940s. The stage was set for the Lustron corporation to change the American landscape forever. This hour we'll discuss how a company that called itself "The House America's Been Waiting For" ultimately got left behind.
Guests:
Barb Powers, Head of Inventory and Registration and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at the Ohio Historic Preservation Office
Cameron Wood, curator at the Ohio Historical Society
Steve McLoughlin, President of the Whitehall Historical Society
Guests:
Barb Powers, Head of Inventory and Registration and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at the Ohio Historic Preservation Office
Cameron Wood, curator at the Ohio Historical Society
Steve McLoughlin, President of the Whitehall Historical Society
July 11, 2013