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Dymaxion House
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1949
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People, residences, transportation, architecture, houses, children, goats, automobiles, Butler County.
Wichita (Kan.)--Pictorial works
Wichita (Kan.)--Pictorial works
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Exterior, front view of "Wichita House," constructed near Wichita in Rose Hill, Kansas, in 1948. A 1948 Packard automobile is parked at right. The visionary design by R. Buckminster Fuller was based on his 1927 plan for a mass-produced house called the Dymaxion Dwelling Machine. Beech Aircraft Company constructed the house to demonstrate affordable, prefabricated housing that would take advantage of World War II surplus materials. The structure was made of aluminum and designed to withstand the elements, including a Kansas tornado. This model was one of only two prototypes ever produced. In 1991 the family donated it to the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
8 x 10 inches
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8 x 10 inches
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Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, http://www.wichitahistory.org/