1950s Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

“Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.” quote by P. J. O'Rourke — Download Open image

“Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.”

P. J. O'Rourke

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