Popular Science cover 1949

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A cover of Popular Science Magazine in 1949 reads "Sun Furnace in Your Attic. The illustration shows sun beams steaming in through a top story of windows to a "sun furnace" shown as a fiery blast projecting heat downwards into a very "mid-century modern" family home.

Magazines trumpeted the power of solar from the 1920s through the 1970s.

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