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Production. War housing trailers. The trailer door is the last major assembly to be fitted to a war housing trailer at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The worker in the background is installing clearance light fittings. The vehicle is now ready for the final paint job

Production. War housing trailers. The trailer door is the last major a...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Truck trailers lined up to load and unload goods at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Truck trailers lined up to load and unload goods at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles has also undertaken the construction of prefabricated houses. Known as the "Westcraft home," it is the conception of James H. Thomas Richards, designer

Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angel...

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

Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailers under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The cabinet work of this trailer is nearly completed. Drawers, locker doors, sink top and other prefinished parts will be installed after the trailer has gone through the final painting and bake oven processes

Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailers under construct...

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

Scene from the annual Junior Parada rodeo, in which young cowboys and cowgirls compete. Florence, Arizona

Scene from the annual Junior Parada rodeo, in which young cowboys and ...

"Parada" in this context does not mean "parade," as one might think. Used by many rodeo events around the country, it uses the Spanish word for "stop" to refer to early rodeos in which cowhands literally stoppe... More

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of au...

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A black and white photo of a city street, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a city street, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children of defense workers playing near their "homes" trailers. Trailer camp on Mount Vernon Highway near Alexandria, Virginia

Children of defense workers playing near their "homes" trailers. Trail...

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Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailers. Linking up for the parade

Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

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Crowded trailer court. This court has too many trailers for the space alloted them, sanitary facilities are inadequate. It will probably be condemned by the board of health. San Diego, California

Crowded trailer court. This court has too many trailers for the space ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Trailers and cars in Sarasota trailer park. Sarasota, Florida

Trailers and cars in Sarasota trailer park. Sarasota, Florida

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men standing in front of a trailer, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailers. Bystanders and police escort inspecting a trailer

A group of men standing in front of a trailer, possibly related to: Wa...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Production. War housing trailers. Many space-saving features are adapted from trailer design to the "Westcraft home" by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles whose chief work is the building of war housing trailers. James Richards, co-designer with his brother, Thomas, stands at a tiny bar in one of the prefabricated trailers

Production. War housing trailers. Many space-saving features are adapt...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Village on wheels. A caravan of 50 trailers, on its way to provide temporary housing for defense workers in Wilmington, North Carolina, stops for the night at the Hain's Post Trailer Camp, Washington, D.C

Village on wheels. A caravan of 50 trailers, on its way to provide tem...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Production. War housing trailers. Knotty pine walls and beamed ceilings give the prefabricated Westcraft home a neat, cozy interior. The door in the background opens into a bathroom, equipped with full-size standard fixtures, including shower. The house may be assembled in four to six hours by inexperienced men, in half the time by skilled carpenters. It may be dismantled in even less time for removal to another site. It is made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles, builders of the war housing trailers

Production. War housing trailers. Knotty pine walls and beamed ceiling...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Trailer accessories as well as war housing trailers themselves are made in the well equipped Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A cabinet-maker is shown sanding down a folding table, which is standard equipment in these rolling homes. The cabinet shop turns out all wood fittings, partitions, cabinets and furniture

Production. War housing trailers. Trailer accessories as well as war 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

A black and white photo of an rv park, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of an rv park, Florida. Farm Security Administ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Tiers (7.00 x 20) to equip semi-trailers of the combination platform stake type. These trailers are used for general trucking around Army Camps and depots

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailers. Bystanders and police escort inspecting a trailer

Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Emergency caravan. To provide temporary housing for defense workers while more permanent quarters are being built for them, this caravan of trailers crosses Memorial Bridge, Washington, D.C., on its way to Wilmington, North Carolina. Trailers are being used all over the U.S. to provide this type of emergency defense housing. This caravan of 50 is the first shipment of more than 2000 currently being constructed

Emergency caravan. To provide temporary housing for defense workers wh...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, the prefabricated Westcraft housing home is sold in 12 x 16 or 12 x 20 size. It may be added to at will, providing separate bedrooms, garage, etc. The model pictured here comprises a combination living-bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. It sells for eleven hundred fifty dollars, furnished as shown. Made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles whose principal war effort is the production of war housing trailers

Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, t...

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

Production. War housing trailers. A war housing trailer floor made with the use of a job shapes up rapidly. Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles makes these floors particularly durable as the trailers are to be used continually in war production centers. These floors are insulated

Production. War housing trailers. A war housing trailer floor made wit...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Electrical wiring is installed in war housing trailers being produced at Los Angeles by Western Trailer Company. Six-volt batteries for clearance lights, stop lights, tail lights and porch light are run inside the wall space. 110-volt wiring is run under molding to provide easy access and to comply with local wiring regulations in various parts of the country

Production. War housing trailers. Electrical wiring is installed in wa...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Masonite board is bent into position and carefully lined up on the plywood body of a war housing trailer being built at Los Angeles by Western Trailer Company. Nails and drive screws are used in addition to glue

Production. War housing trailers. Masonite board is bent into position...

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

Production. War housing trailers. A war housing trailer takes shape at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Frame members have already been installed at the rear of this trailer, and the top is set in place. A new chassis is already in place at the right, ready to receive stringers

Production. War housing trailers. A war housing trailer takes shape 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

Burlington, North Carolina. Trailers destroyed in a fire at the Associated Transport Company terminal

Burlington, North Carolina. Trailers destroyed in a fire at the Associ...

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Two trailers, one to be used by camp manager for living quarters and office, the other as a clinic and health center. Comprise part of the mobile camp unit. This unit will follow the workers from harvest to harvest, where emergency camps will be started

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Two trailers, o...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parked cars on private yard and trailer park sign where many workers from United Aircraft live in their own trailers. East Hartford, Connecticut

Parked cars on private yard and trailer park sign where many workers f...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing trailer tires. Back from a trailer housing site comes this Department of Agriculture truck with 150 tires on which new war housing trailers were delivered from the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Upon delivery, trailers are shifted to horses. Wheels and tires are removed and sent back for the delivery of other wooden trailers. The original plan was to leave them on the trailers to make fast evacuation of trailers and workers possible. The acute tire shortage made the plan unfeasible

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing traile...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Fifteen gallon water tanks for war housing trailers are made in the metal shop of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles. Experiments to find satisfactory substitutes for metal tanks have not been successful to date. The nearest approach to a solution was a specially treated wooden tank

Production. War housing trailers. Fifteen gallon water tanks for war h...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Pre-painted parts for the housing trailers are quickly dried in the force drying room of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles. In many cases, drying time is reduced from twenty-four to one or two hours, and great saving of space is effected

Production. War housing trailers. Pre-painted parts for the housing tr...

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

Production. War housing trailers. A complete side assembly of a war housing trailer is set in place and secured at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. At this stage, the trailer chassis is held on jacks to give stability and to make fitting of sections fast and accurate

Production. War housing trailers. A complete side assembly of a war ho...

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

Production. Zinc. Truck-drawn trailers of ore containing zinc and lead are dumped at this point in a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Truck-drawn trailers of ore containing zinc and lead...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, Great Depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tourist camp, showing many modern trailers crowded together, some of the families remaining for weeks and months. Dade City, Florida

Tourist camp, showing many modern trailers crowded together, some of t...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Florida, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a trailer and a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a trailer and a truck. Office of War Inform...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Tents, trailers and cabins stretch along U.S. Highway No. 71 for ten miles bordering the construction area

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Tents, trailers and cabins...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing trailer tires. Back from a trailer housing site comes this Department of Agriculture truck with 150 tires on which new war housing trailers were delivered from the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Upon delivery, trailers are shifted to horses. Wheels and tires are removed and sent back for the delivery of other wooden trailers. The original plan was to leave them on the trailers to make fast evacuation of trailers and workers possible. The acute tire shortage made the plan unfeasible

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing traile...

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

Charlotte, North Carolina. Building new trailers at the Brown Equipment Company

Charlotte, North Carolina. Building new trailers at the Brown Equipmen...

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

A tourist camp used by migrant citrus workers. Some migrants cannot afford to rent such houses, and live in tents or crude homemade trailers. Winterhaven, Florida

A tourist camp used by migrant citrus workers. Some migrants cannot af...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trailers near the shipyard at Bath, Maine

Trailers near the shipyard at Bath, Maine

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a trailer. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a trailer. Office of War Information Photog...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emergency caravan. To provide temporary housing for defense workers while more permanent quarters are being built for them, this caravan of trailers crosses Memorial Bridge, Washington, D.C., on its way to Wilmington North Carolina. Trailers are being used all over the United States to provide this type of emergency defense housing. This caravan of 50 is the first shipment of more than 2000 currently being constructed

Emergency caravan. To provide temporary housing for defense workers wh...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Completed semi-trailer with combination platform stake bodies are loaded into freight cars for delivery to Army Quartermaster Depots. These trailers are intended for general utility use in Army camps and supply depots. They carry a 7,000 ton payload

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Manufacture of semi-trailers for Defense transportation. These trailers are eqipped with a combination platform stake body and are intended for general use in Army camps and depots. They carry a payload of 7,000 pounds. This worker is attaching reflectors to the rear of the trailer frame

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Farm Security Administration trailers. Washington, D.C.

Farm Security Administration trailers. Washington, D.C.

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Production. War housing trailers. Small corner sections are installed on a war housing trailer nearing completion in the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Clamps hold big pieces of Masonite in place while the glue dries

Production. War housing trailers. Small corner sections are installed ...

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

Production. War housing trailers. The floor of a war housing trailer is laid over a chassis in inverted position at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. This facilitates installation of wheel wells of paper plastic and painted with asphaltic preservative paint. Drive screws hold the plastic wheel well in place

Production. War housing trailers. The floor of a war housing trailer i...

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

Production. War housing trailers. The top sheeting of a war housing trailer is filled with two coats of specially adapted paint at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company

Production. War housing trailers. The top sheeting of a war housing tr...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Trailers in their lots

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing pro...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers bring their tobacco in trailers and sometimes in their cars to the warehouse where it will be auctioned. Durham, North Carolina

Farmers bring their tobacco in trailers and sometimes in their cars to...

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

A black and white photo of a street with old cars, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a street with old cars, North Carolina. Far...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1930s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers unloading tobacco from their trailers in front of warehouse on morning of auction sales. Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina

Farmers unloading tobacco from their trailers in front of warehouse on...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Many of the farmers who sell their tobacco at the first sale in the warehouses must pack it in their trailers from their strip houses and barns at night, to take it to market and get it on the floor in time. This is on Emery Hooper's farm near Hightowers and Prospect Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina

Many of the farmers who sell their tobacco at the first sale in the wa...

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

Virginia: A black and white photo of a man sitting in the back of a truck, Great Depression

Virginia: A black and white photo of a man sitting in the back of a tr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Hermiston, Oregon post office sends out eight thousand money orders monthly now that the defense boom is at its height; money orders average twenty dollars each. Postmaster said "They are mostly going back home to pay bills, to finance companies, banks, for household equipment, trailers and cars."

The Hermiston, Oregon post office sends out eight thousand money order...

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A black and white photo of a couple of people standing in front of a row of campers. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a couple of people standing in front of a r...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Trailers at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp for defense workers. San Diego, California

Trailers at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp for defense wo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children of defense workers playing near their "homes" trailers. Trailer camp on Mount Vernon Highway near Alexandria, Virginia

Children of defense workers playing near their "homes" trailers. Trail...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. War housing trailers. Lining panels of 1/8 inch fir plywood go into place on a war housing trailer under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Mahogany, formerly used in most house trailer lining jobs, is now on the shortage list

Production. War housing trailers. Lining panels of 1/8 inch fir plywoo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employe...

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.

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer is assembled and finished in the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Corners are plastic, rounded sections made of paper especially treated to give it great hardness and durability

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer is ...

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 black and white photo of an rv park Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A black and white photo of an rv park Farm Security Administration / O...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Trailers for sale in Bath, Maine

Trailers for sale in Bath, Maine

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Row of trailers in trailer court. Corpus Christi, Texas

Row of trailers in trailer court. Corpus Christi, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Trailers and other forms of temporary housing for workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot ground near a farmhouse. Hermiston, Oregon. Workmen at the depot established temporary housing near sources of water

Trailers and other forms of temporary housing for workmen at the Umati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailers. Coupling attachment of a trailer

Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Flooring being laid on semi-trailers for general utility used around Army camps and supply depots. These trailers carry a payload of 7,000 pounds on a combination platform stake body of hardwood

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Production. War housing trailers. Men on the assembly line of Western Trailer Company are assigned by stations and perform the same series of tasks on successive trailers. Here, a front end receives a treatment of casein glue over which Masonite will be applied

Production. War housing trailers. Men on the assembly line of Western ...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. The top sheeting of a war housing trailer is filled with two coats of specially adapted paint at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company

Production. War housing trailers. The top sheeting of a war housing tr...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Trailers for war housing are built by mass production methods at the Los Angeles plant of the Western Trailer Company. Workmen use spray guns to apply clear lacquer to hundreds of small parts before installation. The power exhaust in the background reduces fire and health hazards by drawing paint fumes away from the workers

Production. War housing trailers. Trailers for war housing are built b...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Sheathing war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Plywood backing is being bent around a trailer corner. Careful mill work ensures accurate, snug fit of parts and assemblies

Production. War housing trailers. Sheathing war housing trailers at th...

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

Production. War housing trailers. A water supply system is installed in a war housing trailer under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The transparent plastic tubing used for water lines bends readily, and may be sharply and permanently bent by the application of heat. It withstands normal city water supply pressures, but it is not suitable for hot water lines .

Production. War housing trailers. A water supply system is installed i...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Electrical wiring is installed in war housing trailers being produced at Los Angeles by Western Trailer Company. Six-volt batteries for clearance lights, stop lights, tail lights and porch light are run inside the wall space. 110-volt wiring is run under molding to provide easy access and to comply with local wiring regulations in various parts of the country

Production. War housing trailers. Electrical wiring is installed in wa...

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

Production. War housing trailers. Trailers for war housing are built by mass production methods at the Los Angeles plant of the Western Trailer Company. Workmen use spray guns to apply clear lacquer to hundreds of small parts before installation. The power exhaust in the background reduces fire and health hazards by drawing paint fumes away from the workers

Production. War housing trailers. Trailers for war housing are built b...

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Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, the prefabricated Westcraft housing home is sold in 12 x 16 or 12 x 20 size. It may be added to at will, providing separate bedrooms, garage, etc. The model pictured here comprises a combination living-bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. It sells for eleven hundred fifty  dollars, furnished as shown. Made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles whose principal war effort is the production of war housing trailers

Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, t...

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