Icons of Modernism // Lustron

I didn't know anything about the Lustron Corporation until I came across a featurette in the AJC about an Atlanta woman who owns and has installed some period decor in one of their 1940's pre-fab houses. From my own limited knowledge about the history of the type, this must have been one of the first mass-produced pre-fabricated homes in American history, manufactured from spare metal leftover from the war effort. The houses are very modern but modest, well-designed and easily disassembled and moved. The Wiki article above lists some of the various model configurations from which consumers had to choose, and goes into a bit of detail about the downfall of the company in the early 1950s, which occurred even during a period of great demand for affordable and efficient housing. Below is an image of the refurbished model in Atlanta; bottom is an audio clip from MOMA about the inventor of the Lustron, Carl Strandlund.