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Show Although ceramic tile has been manufactured for more than 6,000 years, its widespread use in American Amer-ican bathrooms dates only from the 1920's. Two factors, the popularity popu-larity of the apron-front bathtub and the increase in showers, were primarily responsible for more extensive ex-tensive employment of this material, mater-ial, according to construction experts. ex-perts. As a direct result, volume of tile production, valued at only two million dollars in 1900, rose to nearly 28 million dollars by 1926. |