Selling Harmon

Selling Harmon

Clifford B. Harmon was a prolific real estate developer who created 256 subdivisions across 26 American cities during the early 1900s. One of his most notable projects was the section of Croton originally branded as Harmon-on-Hudson.

The marketing materials employed hyperbolic language, declaring that "All New York is Amazed!" at what was claimed as "the Quickest and Most Successful Real Estate Development in the History of New York."

The ads appealed to families, urging them t

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