Board of keys and names of occupants of tourist court, San Diego, California. The tourist courts are filled with workers who pay from five to eight dollars a week for one small room and kitchenette furnished with a two-burner gas plate. These courts have private bath

Tourist court which caters to employees of defense industries. San Diego, California. Rental fees at these courts are from five to ten dollars a week, usually eight dollars, and include small room, bath and kitchenette equipped with two burner gas plates. No vacancy signs are frequent

Cabin court, Hermiston, Oregon. This court for workmen at the Umatilla rdnance depot was built in two weeks; people moved in before the doors were up. Each unit of one room rents for eight dollars per week. They have gas, electricity, running water and sink, and adequate furniture. Sanitary facilities are in a separate building

Chart for the sanitary units of a trailer court which is under construction, San Diego, California. The owner-builder estimates that it will cost him about two thousand dollars to put in this court which will accommodate seventy-five trailers. Rental fee will be near ten dollars a month

Working on jigs, with dormitories in the background at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers. The dormitories at this project will accommodate, when finished, 952 single men. Dormitory residents will pay five dollars weekly for single rooms and three dollars and fifty cents weekly for each occupant sharing a double room. San Diego, California

Board of keys and names of occupants of tourist court, San Diego, California. The tourist courts are filled with workers who pay from five to eight dollars a week for one small room and kitchenette furnished with a two-burner gas plate. These courts have private bath

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Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1940

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Contributors

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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Location

Azure Vista, 32.71949, -117.26309

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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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