Living Large In Our Little House

In 1946, when my par­ents pur­chased this brand new bun­ga­low on the GI Bill, small houses weren’t that uncom­mon. To own any home was the American Dream.
When this photo was taken, the house had two bed­rooms, one bath, a small din­ing area and liv­ing room. I would esti­mate that it wasn’t prob­a­bly much more than 700–800 square feet.
As our fam­ily grew, my par­ents expanded the liv­ing room and added another bed­room by elim­i­nat­ing the garage and they also added a fam­ily room to the back of the house, still mak­ing it no more than a 1,000–1,100 square feet.
By the time I was born, there were 7 peo­ple liv­ing in the house,  includ­ing my  three teenage sib­lings and my elderly grandmother.

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