![New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies. K.P. billner (right) inventor of the process, is pictured explaining it to Dr. Lyman Briggs, ([...])Director of the Bureau of Standards, and [..] Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbmV3LXF1aWNrLWRyeWluZy1kZWZlbnNlLWh1dHMtZGVtb25zdHJhdGVkLXRvLWdvdmVybm1lbnQtb2ZmaWNpYWxzLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/257/jpg "New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies. K.P. billner (right) inventor of the process, is pictured explaining it to Dr. Lyman Briggs, ([...])Director of the Bureau of Standards, and [..] Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce")
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New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies. K.P. billner (right) inventor of the process, is pictured explaining it to Dr. Lyman Briggs, ([...])Director of the Bureau of Standards, and [..] Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
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A group of men standing next to each other.
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Date
1925
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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