Item #19203 The Home Harmonious; 1927 Edition of the WNAC Book of Homes. Pattern Book, Charles W. Phelan, Director.

The Home Harmonious; 1927 Edition of the WNAC Book of Homes

Boston, MA: Station WNAC Home Builder's Department, 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Stamped on the cover by the architect of the Home Harmonious project. Good; cover is partially detached. Item #19203

The "Home Harmonious" was a joint project between Massachusetts radio station WNAC and contractors, developers, and building suppliers to educate listeners about home building and buying. They claimed the "Home Harmonious" was the first "radio-built home," but it appears the only thing radio-related about the home was a large niche built into the living room wall for a radio to reside! This pattern book displays home plans, articles about home construction, and radio promotions. A rare pairing of radio and architecture in the first decade of commercial radio.

Price: $45.00

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