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The House that Jack’s Building: a Marionette Play in Three Acts and One Interlude



Report Acceptance Date: 
January 1939 (35 pages)
Posted Date:   
January 14, 2021



This historic publication is a script for a three-act marionette play advocating for government-built low-income housing. In the play, newlyweds Jack and Mary are victimized by their slum landlord, Lummox, and must make a case for decent accommodations.


This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.