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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan and her small son, Bernie, in the kitchen of the Rogan's new war home at the Franklin Terrace housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at a nearby plant which is is working three shifts on defense contracts. Mr. Rogan earns $42.50 a week, and spends about twenty percent of his income for rent

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. B.J. Rogan, General Electric Company, employee, and his family inspect the kitchen of their new defense home, while J.P. Kane, housing project manager, looks on. Each defense home is equipped with a gas operated refrigerator, gas range, and central heating plant. The Rogans had been living in a trailer provided by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing to alleviate the housing shortage until the new homes were complete

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan receives deliveries of laundry, ice and grocery items from local businesses that serve the defense trailer camp twice daily. Mrs. Rogan's husband is employed by the General Electric Company as a drill press operator or defense work. Although grocery stores and milk companies deliver to the doors of the trailer town, agents, salesmen and canvassers are forbidden in the settlement. This is to see that the defense workers on the night shift may sleep during the morning or early afternoon

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan and her small son, Bernie, in the kitchen of the Rogan's new war home at the Franklin Terrace housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at a nearby plant which is is working three shifts on defense contracts. Mr. Rogan earns $42.50 a week, and spends about twenty percent of his income for rent

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. B.J. Rogan, General Electric Company, employee, and his family inspect the kitchen of their new defense home, while J.P. Kane, housing project manager, looks on. Each defense home is equipped with a gas operated refrigerator, gas range, and central heating plant. The Rogans had been living in a trailer provided by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing to alleviate the housing shortage until the new homes were complete

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing manager, gives B.J. Rogan and his family a preview of their new home. 56 of the 300 defense homes now under construction in Erie, Pennsylvania had been completed when these pictures were made (July 1941). The others were scheduled for occupancy by the first of October 1941. There are four units to a building, each with a combination living-dining room, kitchen, bath, and one to three bedrooms, depending on the size of the family

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rogan and their small son, Bernie, at home in the living room of their new defense home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant. He earns $42.50 a week, and pays about twenty percent of his income for rent. Before moving into a newly constructed defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project, he lived in a remodeled attic, and then in a trailer. For the latter he paid 6 dollars a week, including all utilities

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pennsylvania erie county erie safety film negatives erie heights defense rogan son bernie home room defense home drill press operator drill press operator general electric company plant general electric company plant percent twenty percent income rent franklin terrace franklin terrace project attic trailer latter dollars utilities united states history library of congress
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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Erie Heights ,  42.08506, -80.10895
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A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

Reed Mansion, West Sixth & Peach Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas in a decontamination outfit

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Cutting sheeting to size with power driven hand saws speed up the work of the sheeting crew

Henry W. Bagley, Bellehaven, residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Main house, attic guest room, south

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Lorna Chavez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-07-17

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan and her small son, Bernie, in the kitchen of the Rogan's new war home at the Franklin Terrace housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogan is a drill press operator at a nearby plant which is is working three shifts on defense contracts. Mr. Rogan earns $42.50 a week, and spends about twenty percent of his income for rent

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms and kitchens are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Here kitchen cabinets and shelving are carried in

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pennsylvania erie county erie safety film negatives erie heights defense rogan son bernie home room defense home drill press operator drill press operator general electric company plant general electric company plant percent twenty percent income rent franklin terrace franklin terrace project attic trailer latter dollars utilities united states history library of congress