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December 5, 2018

Dreaming of an Evergleam Christmas

My Evergleam.

MILWAUKEE, WI.—Aluminium was a foil for Midcentury America.

A section of the fantastic “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America” exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum is devoted to the possibilities of aluminium (or aluminum.)

The late Chicago architect Henry P. Glass designed a collapsable aluminum and plastic trailer, a.k.a. the “Accordium Camp Trailer.” The proposed 700-foot camper folded up like an accordion and could be hauled behind a car. The mid-1950s project was commissioned by Alcoa Aluminum’s free-wheeling “Forecast” program.

Alcola promised, “There’s a world of aluminum [...]

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