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"ref": "1992, Gene Stelten, A Christmas Housewarming, page 182",
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"ref": "1995, Architectural Record - Volume 183, page 61",
"text": "Habitat houseleader Don Shaw (red jacket, below right) displays a house under way to its owners, Andre and Yvette Johnson.",
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"text": "Habitat houseleader Don Shaw (red jacket, below right) displays a house under way to its owners, Andre and Yvette Johnson.",
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