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
Summary
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Erie Heights, 42.08506, -80.10895
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain