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A black and white photo of a construction site, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The sheeting-over of the second floor nears completion. Buildings of the plant where are employed many of the defense workers who will move into these homes, can be seen in the background

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The sheeting-over of the second floor nears completion. Buildings of the plant where are employed many of the defense workers who will move into these homes, can be seen in the background

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. One part of the crew sheets the flooring as the walls are going up. The progress of the work is checked frequently against the working blueprints

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. One part of the crew sheets the flooring as the walls are going up. The progress of the work is checked frequently against the working blueprints

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Progress reports at the Franklin Terrace defense housing project. Shown here are some of the 300 homes in various stages of completion. Road beds are being graded to serve the completed homes at the right, which are ready for the arrival of their defense worker tenants

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Homes built for defense workers built during the First World War. These homes, located a few blocks from the new ones now being completed, were sold to private concerns after the war. They are still in excellent repair

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Part of the 300 homes for defense workers under construction

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Fitting diagonal wall sheeting into place. The crew works on several sides of the unit at the same time. This work is so divided that there are just enough men at each spot to do the job efficiently

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The spacious, open planning of the defense trailer camp affords youngsters pleant of room for playing in the sun and fresh air. In the background can be seen a smokestack of the General Electric Company, which employs some 10,000 men in defense work

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The spacious, open planning of the defense trailer camp affords youngsters pleant of room for playing in the sun and fresh air. In the background can be seen a smokestack of the General Electric Company, which employs some 10,000 men in defense work

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The sheeting-over of the second floor nears completion. Buildings of the plant where are employed many of the defense workers who will move into these homes, can be seen in the background

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Erie Heights ,  42.08506, -80.10895
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Library of Congress
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Home of C.L. Eargle. Fairfield, Alabama. The Eargle family will move to Gardendale, Alabama

Old couple who will move to one of the Delmo labor homes. New Madrid County, Missouri

Production. War housing trailers. The side of a war housing trailer nears completion on a table-top jig at Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. Exceptional strength is secured through built-up construction of Masonite over plywood with a casein bond. The side is secured to spacers with drive screws

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Landowner who had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Near Bonneau, South Carolina

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

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pennsylvania erie county erie safety film negatives erie heights defense sheeting over floor second floor completion buildings plant workers defense workers move homes background united states history library of congress