Homes for Modern Living. by 1950s HOUSE PLANS / POST WWII SMALL HOME CONSTRUCTION) - No date. Ca. 1950.

St. Paul, Minnesota.: Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Home Building Service.. No date. Ca. 1950.. Well-illustrated booklet with black and white photos or drawings of small homes, together with floor plans, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 72 pp., pictorial card covers. Over 35 of the homes are "four rooms--one story" designs, while approximately two dozen are "five room-one story" designs. The basic four room floor plan features living room, kitchen, and two bed rooms plus bathroom, while the five room model adds a third bedroom or a dining room. A scattering of six room models are at the rear of the catalog; these feature four bedrooms or three bedrooms and a study. Interestingly, a garage is not yet integral to every home's design; however, all the homes are pictured in cheerful leafy surrounds with nary a neighbor in sight--a postwar home-owner's paradise, at least on paper. Catalog in very good clean condition. The Weyerhaeuser catalog provides an upbeat look at the variety of housing choices available (at least to some) as America's consumer economy bounces back following World War II. .