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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The spacious, open planning of the defense trailer camp affords youngsters pleant of room for playing in the sun and fresh air. In the background can be seen a smokestack of the General Electric Company, which employs some 10,000 men in defense work
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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The spacious, open planning of the defense trailer camp affords youngsters pleant of room for playing in the sun and fresh air. In the background can be seen a smokestack of the General Electric Company, which employs some 10,000 men in defense work

United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T. · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineDefense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The spacious, open planning of the defense trailer camp affords youngsters pleant of room for playing in the sun and fresh air. In the background can be seen a smo. 1941-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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