HOUSING & FAMILY ROUTINE.

The physical form of a home shaped family routines: porches, alleys, heating systems, telephones, garages, kitchens, basements, and the distance to school or work.

Detroit, Michigan. Waiting in line at sugar rationing board — REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Detroit residents waiting at a sugar rationing board, spring 1942.
Source: Arthur S. Siegel / source record · Public domain — FSA/OWI

DEEP DETROIT CONTEXT

The geography of ordinary life.

Single-family houses, flats, apartments, rooming houses, and other residential forms.

Coal, gas, electricity, appliances, telephones, and household modernization.

Porches, alleys, sidewalks, garages, and backyards as social space.

Housing patterns linked to neighborhood growth, segregation, industrial geography, and transportation.

SOURCE METHOD

Housing records, directories, maps, advertisements, and photographs provide context without inventing a representative household.

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