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Houses for Britain. Workmen about to put a panel in place in the model house erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. This house is of the type of pre-fabricated temporary emergency house which the United States plans to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. War Production Board has allotted materials ot FEA for 30,000 of these houses. The Federal Public Housing Authority of National Housing Agency will undertake procurement of these units

Houses for Britain. Partition panel going into place in model house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the the Federal Public Housing Authority. It is planned to ship this type of prefabricated, temporary emergency dwelling to Great Britain under lend-lease. Materials have been allotted by War Production Board to the FEA for 30,000 of these units, and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake the procurement of the houses

Houses for Britain. Partition panel going into place in model house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the the Federal Public Housing Authority. It is planned to ship this type of prefabricated, temporary emergency dwelling to Great Britain under lend-lease. Materials have been allotted by War Production Board to the FEA for 30,000 of these units, and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake the procurement of the houses.

Houses for Britain. With outside walls in place, workmen prepare to put on roof panels on model house erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. It is planned to ship 30,000 of these pre-fabricated temporary emergency family dwellings to Great Britain under lend-lease. Materials have been allotted by the War Production Board and procurement of the buildings will be undertaken by the Federal Public Housing Authority

Houses for Britain. Partition panel going into place in model house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the the Federal Public Housing Authority. It is planned to ship this type of prefabricated, temporary emergency dwelling to Great Britain under lend-lease. Materials have been allotted by War Production Board to the FEA for 30,000 of these units, and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake the procurement of the houses. Bids were to be in by March 5, 1945

Houses for Britain. Partition panel going into place in model house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the the Federal Public Housing Authority. It is planned to ship this type of prefabricated, temporary emergency dwelling to Great Britain under lend-lease. Materials have been allotted by War Production Board to the FEA for 30,000 of these units, and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake the procurement of the houses. Bids were to be in by March 5, 1945

Houses for Britain. Workmen assembling pre-fabricated temporary emergency house of the type which it is planned to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease, at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. This two-bedroom dwelling was designed to utilize a minimum of critical materials, including lumber. Materials have been allotted to FEA by War Production Board, and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake procurement of the houses

Houses for Britain. Partition panels going into place in model house erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. It is planned to ship 30,000 of this type of prefabricated, temporary emergency dwelling to Great Britain under lend-lease to alleviate acute housing shortage there due to bombings. Materials have been allotted by War Production Board and the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency will undertake the procurement of the houses, acting under a directive from FEA

Houses for Britain. Assembling pre-fabricated temporary emergency house of the type which it is planned to ship to Great Britian under lend-lease to alleviate an acute housing shortage in Britian due to bombings. This model house was erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing Agency which will undertake procurement of the dwelling under a directive from FEA to whom materials for 30,000 units have been allotted by War Production Board

Houses for Britain. Workmen about to put a panel in place in the model house erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. This house is of the type of pre-fabricated temporary emergency house which the United States plans to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. War Production Board has allotted materials ot FEA for 30,000 of these houses. The Federal Public Housing Authority of National Housing Agency will undertake procurement of these units

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives houses workmen panel place model house model house federal public federal public authority scott circle scott circle washington type emergency emergency house plans states plans ship war production board war production board materials fea materials ot fea procurement units national housing agency lend lease 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress houses for britain
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01/01/1945
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Lakey, J. Sherrel, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, (extreme left) Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and William G. Marshall (extreme right) director of the WPB, are here shown outside the White House with certificate winner Stanley Crawford, (second from left) and citation winner Edwin Curtiss Tracy, both employees of the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey

Barn erection. Raising last half of gable end panel into place. Southeast Missouri Farms Project

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Master Sergeant H.W. Halvorsen, an instrument repair man, checking instruments at electrical test panel. Sergeant Halvorsen comes from Washington, D.C.

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Houses for Britain. Partially assembled prefabricated temporary emergency house of the type which the United States will ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. This sample was erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Working on innerbottom units

Kansas City, Kansas. Workmen assembling parts of a plane at the North American Aviation Inc. plant

Dedication of model house - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Mounting one section of the industrial panel

A black and white photo of a bedroom, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. An aerial "tugboat" of the Marine Corps. The leatherneck pilot of this glider will tow three planes high above Page Field at Parris Island, South Carolina as part of six-week training course the Marines are giving to selected units

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives houses workmen panel place model house model house federal public federal public authority scott circle scott circle washington type emergency emergency house plans states plans ship war production board war production board materials fea materials ot fea procurement units national housing agency lend lease 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress houses for britain