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Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the F...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Three-year-old Ann Heath, daughter of Fred Heath who operates a turret lathe in the Warren McArthur casting room. She has her own little footstool so that she can wash her own hands in the sink of the bathroom in the four-room defense housing unit where the Heaths live. Ann had quite a trying time getting used to the size of the new apartment, after having lived most of her life with her parents in a single furnished room in Torrington

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Three-year-old Ann Heath, daughter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing manager, gives B.J. Rogan and his family a preview of their new home. 56 of the 300 defense homes now under construction in Erie, Pennsylvania had been completed when these pictures were made (July 1941). The others were scheduled for occupancy by the first of October 1941. There are four units to a building, each with a combination living-dining room, kitchen, bath, and one to three bedrooms, depending on the size of the family

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing ...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms are speedily ins...

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in doorway) U.S. Housing Authority Inspector, who with his crew of five men, sees that defense homes meet up with the standards established by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing Co-ordination

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in door...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms and kitchens are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Here kitchen cabinets and shelving are carried in

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms and kitchens are...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Pre-fabricated sheets of asbestos reinforced with gypsum serve as an economical base for plaster walls and ceilings. These sheets, nailed directly to studs, also afford protection against heat and cold. A crew of fourteen men (ten lathers and four laborers) can lathe a four-unit building in a few hours. A crew of plasters moves in as the crew of lathers moves out. Although defense homes are speedily built, they are soundly constructed. Government inspectors keep a rigid check to see that all construction materials live up to government standards

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Pre-fabricated sheets of asbestos...

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

War Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

War Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including secti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Sewage, water, police and fire protection are provided by the city for a lump sum paid in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 3...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Little Ann Heath is eager to try out all the facilities of her parents' new four-room defense housing unit, after spending most of her life in a single furnished room. Here she pushes her footstool to the sink in order to help her mother clean up the dinner dishes. Mrs. Heath, a native of Winsted, a city some twenty-five miles away, is delighted with her new kitchen--the first she's ever had which she actually considers as a kitchen, and is trying out all the recipes she has collected in five years of married life. The Heaths pay thirty dollars monthly for their apartment

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Little Ann Heath is eager to try o...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, dinner, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A workman installs a forced-air heating system in one of the 300 defense homes located at the Franklin Terrace housing project. This unit burns coal

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A workman installs a forced-air h...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the F...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are attractively finished. Although economyis imperative, no jerry-building or shoddy construction is allowed

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. The heating unit is in the kitchen of Fred Heath's four-room apartment in the new federally-financed homes for eighty families just a few minutes from the Warren McArthur factory in Bantam. The well-insulated coal fire puts steam in the radiators and provides the heat for cooking. The tenants are well-pleased although on several nights when the temperature dropped to ten degrees below zero they were forced to replenish the fuel every two or three hours. That cigarette Fred Heath holds is not tailor-made, by the way--he likes to roll his own

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. The heating unit is in the kitchen...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frames on defense homes in Erie, Pennsylvania. No painting is required on the cement-asbestos shingles, since their natural finish is light, durable and attractive

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frame...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Fred Heath works on the night shift at the Warren McArthur plant in Bantam, and spends his days with Mrs. Heath and their three-year-old daughter, Ann. Here they are in the living room of the Heath's new four-room apartment, part of the new eighty-unit defense housing project just five minutes walk from the plant. The Heaths, who pay thirty dollars rent, like overstuffed chairs, and Ann also likes her overstuffed Teddy Bear

Bantam, Connecticut. Defense homes. Fred Heath works on the night shif...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sidewalks are paved and smoothed while the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing projects are rapidly nearing completion

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sidewalks are paved and smoothed ...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman and a child in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman and a child in a kitchen. Office of...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing manager, gives B.J. Rogan and his family a preview of their new home. 56 of the 300 defense homes now under construction in Erie, Pennsylvania had been completed when these pictures were made (July 1941). The others were scheduled for occupancy by the first of October 1941. There are four units to a building, each with a combination living-dining room, kitchen, bath, and one to three bedrooms, depending on the size of the family

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right is pictured one of the new defense homes now under construction, while in the background is shown one of the apartment homes built for the defense workers during World War I. Where as many of the latter homes were disposed of due to private concerns after the war, it is expected that many of the new defense homes now being built will eventually become part of the overall slum clearance program. Others will help fill the urgent peace time need in America for low cost homes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in doorway) U.S. Housing Authority Inspector, who with his crew of five men, sees that defense homes meet up with the standards established by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing Co-ordination

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in door...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A little girl standing in a bathroom next to a toilet. Office of War Information Photograph

A little girl standing in a bathroom next to a toilet. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker on defense homes in Erie, Pennsylvania is a school teacher during the winter months. During the summer of 1941 he worked on the Franklin Terrace housing project as a laborer

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker on defense homes in E...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This carpenter said he considered the defense homes built in Erie, Pennsylvania, to be the best examples of efficient workmanship and sound lasting construction that he had yet seen

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This carpenter said he considered...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms are speedily ins...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms and kitchens are speedily installed in the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Here kitchen cabinets and shelving are carried in

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Modern bathrooms and kitchens are...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A workman installs a forced-air heating system in one of the 300 defense homes located at the Franklin Terrace housing project. This unit burns coal

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A workman installs a forced-air h...

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

Interior of one of the defense homes. Interior of one of the homes for defense workers which the Tennessee Valley Authority is building in the Muscle Shoals area in northern Alabama. In this project, the TVA is acting as agent for the Federal Works Administrator

Interior of one of the defense homes. Interior of one of the homes for...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are attractively finished. Although economyis imperative, no jerry-building or shoddy construction is allowed

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are at...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Interior of one of the defense homes. Interior of one of the homes for defense workers which the Tennessee Valley Authority is building in the Muscle Shoals area in northern Alabama. In this project, the TVA is acting as agent for the Federal Works Administrator

Interior of one of the defense homes. Interior of one of the homes for...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative copied from print in lot. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informati... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frames on defense homes in Erie, Pennsylvania. No painting is required on the cement-asbestos shingles, since their natural finish is light, durable and attractive

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frame...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker on defense homes in Erie, Pennsylvania is a school teacher during the winter months. During the summer of 1941 he worked on the Franklin Terrace housing project as a laborer

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker on defense homes in E...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sidewalks are paved and smoothed while the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing projects are rapidly nearing completion

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sidewalks are paved and smoothed ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Pre-fabricated sheets of asbestos reinforced with gypsum serve as an economical base for plaster walls and ceilings. These sheets, nailed directly to studs, also afford protection against heat and cold. A crew of fourteen men (ten lathers and four laborers) can lathe a four-unit building in a few hours. A crew of plasters moves in as the crew of lathers moves out. Although defense homes are speedily built, they are soundly constructed. Government inspectors keep a rigid check to see that all construction materials live up to government standards

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Pre-fabricated sheets of asbestos...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right is pictured one of the new defense homes now under construction, while in the background is shown one of the apartment homes built for the defense workers during World War I. Where as many of the latter homes were disposed of due to private concerns after the war, it is expected that many of the new defense homes now being built will eventually become part of the overall slum clearance program. Others will help fill the urgent peace time need in America for low cost homes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Sewage, water, police and fire protection are provided by the city for a lump sum paid in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 3...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More