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The Greatest Small House Ever Built was built in 1940 by Dale.

I have a trendy "small house" of my own and I am glad to see the trend.  Spoiled Americans who think bigger is better end up with bigger bills to pay and bigger places to heat.  They also, to use another trendy expression "degrade" the environment.  I'm not suggesting we all live like this fellow, but this man cave is outstanding.  Caption reads "DALE AND THE PLAY HOUSE HE HAS MADE"  and the date 1940.  Imagine how proud his family was...and how happy Dale was to have his own place.  I hope his father made it home from the war and that he had a great life.

Original photograph Anonymous "Dale's Little House) 1940 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Old Folk Art Doll House of Cardboard Collection Jim Linderman



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Featuring a complete bathroom with a toilet paper roll, two tiny soap holders with soap, comfortable miniature beds with ticking and enough seating for the whole neighborhood!  Corrugated life is seldom as comfortable.  The heavily painted miniature craftsman is twenty inches long and a foot high, and features actual screen windows,  two porches, numerous rooms and a Christmas wreath on the front door!  Dated 1951…if you slather cardboard with house paint, it will last a long time.

The toilet seat is less than an inch wide.  Better practice your aim.  The soap is tweezer size.     

Delineated bricks,  well-worn front steps, and the entire living space slides out like a drawer…unlike most dollhouses the roof is stable. 

Yes, there is a light, yes it plugs in and yes it works…after 60 years.  I am not sure some of the houses being built today will last as long.

Handmade Cardboard House Model, 1951 Collection Jim Linderman

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