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Prior to World War II, television had been called an
"experimental toy." With mass production following the war, televisions began to
find their way into more and more American homes. The pictures below, from
Architecture and Interior Design
for 20th Century America, 1935-1955, show homes with televisions in the
late 1940s and early 1950s. Examine the pictures closely. What evidence do they provide of
how television changed American life?
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