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Production. War housing trailers. Completely painted and baked hard in an oven, a war housing trailer rolls onto the final assembly finishing line of Western Trailer Company at Los Angeles. High-grade inlaid linoleum floor covering, lacking only the familier burlap backing of pre-war linoleum, is applied

Production. War housing trailers. Completely painted and baked hard in...

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

Furniture and linoleum are included in the stock of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative at Phoenix, Arizona

Furniture and linoleum are included in the stock of the United Produce...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rags. Collection and processing. Bales of scrap paper and rags standing on the unloading platform outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor coverings. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Bales of scrap paper and rags standin...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. R. Jones in front of new shack built on government property near Camp Livingston with supplies he purchased in town--sugar, tea, strainers, dish towels, linoleum for shelves, etc. Alexandria, Louisiana

Mr. R. Jones in front of new shack built on government property near C...

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

Rags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste paper outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor coverings. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste pap...

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This is a partial view of the living room showing the dinette corner with its collapsible table and chairs. The other end of the living room, not shown here, contains a studio couch which sleeps two. In addition, the trailer house contains a fully equipped kitchenette, a bedroom with built-in double bed and a large amount of storage space, and a bathroom. Walls are of plywood in natural finish, ceiling is plywood painted white, floor is plywood covered with inlaid linoleum. The square panel in the center of the ceiling is a ventilator which can be cranked open in summer. All windows are of the sliding type to occupy minimum space and to minimize the use of critical hardware

This is a partial view of the living room showing the dinette corner w...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wilkins (Rosa) discussing whether or not they will buy this linoleum for their kitchen floor. They decided it was too light and not wide enough and that they would wait. They came to Durham, North Carolina from their farm near Stem, Granville County, to sell their tobacco at auction and to do some general shopping

Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wilkins (Rosa) discussing whether or not they will ...

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

Buying linoleum for her home in project cooperative store. Transylvania Project, Louisiana

Buying linoleum for her home in project cooperative store. Transylvani...

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An interior of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) experimental trailer-house, looking through the living-dining room into the kitchen. Walls, ceilings and floors are plywood, and the floor coverings are linoleum. Of the numerous built-in items of furniture and equipment in the house, the picture shows built-in seat, built-in kitchen stove,

An interior of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) experimental trail...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Houses for Britain. Kitchen in prefabricated model house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. by the Federal Public Housing Authority of the type of temporary, emergency dwellings which it is planned to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. Door at left opens into a larder, with louvers for ventilation from the outside which will serve in place of a refrigerator or ice box. Built-in cupboards length of right wall. Between stove and sink is space for laundry cabinet to be installed in England. Door straight ahead leads into living room. Linoleum in kitchen and bathroom to be omitted in England

Houses for Britain. Kitchen in prefabricated model house erected at S...

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Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.