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Nuclear Family: 1958

Submitted by Truck5man on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 11:28am.
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Aaahhh, Home Sweet Home. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. My family's home in San Jose, California September of 1958. My folks bought it in 1952 for $11,650 with monthly payments of $75.00. It's located in a tract referred to as "Bascom Gardens". It was the model home for the tract and mom liked it because the big front window would be "a perfect place for the Christmas tree". The ginormous antenna was able to bring in all 4 channels! The tree in the devils-strip is still there and is nearly 3' in diameter and is over 75' tall. That's my older brother in requisite Giants cap. He bought the home in '92 and currently lives there. He's still wearing Giants caps. View full size.

Aaahhh, Home Sweet Home. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. My family's home in San Jose, California September of 1958. My folks bought it in 1952 for $11,650 with monthly payments of $75.00. It's located in a tract referred to as "Bascom Gardens". It was the model home for the tract and mom liked it because the big front window would be "a perfect place for the Christmas tree". The ginormous antenna was able to bring in all 4 channels! The tree in the devils-strip is still there and is nearly 3' in diameter and is over 75' tall. That's my older brother in requisite Giants cap. He bought the home in '92 and currently lives there. He's still wearing Giants caps. View full size.

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"Devil's-Strip"

Submitted by lesle on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:11pm.

"Devil's-Strip" I've not heard before, I love it! Internet research says it's pretty much a northeast Ohio usage.

(Dave, in southwest Dade, it was a swale.)

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Suburbia!

Submitted by Dbell on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:07pm.

Hardly in the suburbs any more, but Rose Garden is still a lovely area to live in. That's about the vintage of our home in Campbell. I believe it was built around '52-'54. We bought it in '69 for just under $20k. Of course, that was before multiple remodels and refinances!! Kinda wish we had the original 2&1 still.

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Hitching Post

Submitted by TomVet on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 11:43pm.

This is a perfect Shorpy composition.

Old car, antenna, bicycle and kid. Even better if he was a paperboy (newsie). With a nice hitching post front and center.

Thanks for the look.

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Ahhh, suburbia!

Submitted by loribl on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 3:10am.

This looks like a wonderful place to live!

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A lovely home

Submitted by Mvsman on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 5:21pm.

From back when a man could support his family and have a good standard of living on his wages. Did your dad use his VA benefits? My dad did, and bought 2 homes (at different times) using his benefits.

Do you have any shots of how the house looks today? I hope your memories of living there are good. Thanks for posting.

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