The Home of the Future

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Monsanto House of the Future

COURTESY DISNEYLAND

1959 Monsanto House of the Future

Disneyland unveiled its forward-looking model dwelling—the Monsanto House of the Future—in 1957. The house, which was intended to project an ordinary American home in 1985, dazzled millions of visitors with then futuristic features like telescreen intercoms and microwave ovens. It was made almost entirely of plastic.

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