Sun porches, sun rooms, and sleeping porches were all thought to be beneficial to health because fresh air and moral living was the key to happiness during the 1920s. House plans of the 1920s often show either a sun room or a sleeping porch and often show both. This room with the curtains wafting in the night breeze was intended to sell linoleum by associating it with a healthy lifestyle.
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