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With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

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Arthur Erickson
Age: 84 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 14
Died: 2009
Died: May 20
Architect
University Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Arthur Charles Erickson
Arthur C. Erickson
Alone
Consumption
Goal
North
Artist
Production
America
Productions
Mass
Line
Standardization
Industry
Dominated
Lines
Assembly

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