Most state houses in the 1930s and 40s were constructed for nuclear families. Here is the Holmes family standing outside their new Naenae state house in 1945.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: Eph-A-HOUSING-1951-01-recto
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