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The Shugart family posing for a publicity photo inside their new home at Levittown, PA, June 23, 1952.
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Family of four standing near their fireplace.

Credit: Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann

On June 23, 1952, Joe Shugart and his family became the first residents of Levitt &Sons' sprawling 16,000-family housing project built for employees of the new United States Steel Plant. That day the Levitts told the press that they expected 150 families a week would move into the development for the next three years.

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