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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Progress reports at the Franklin Terrace defense housing project. Shown here are some of the 300 homes in various stages of completion. Road beds are being graded to serve the completed homes at the right, which are ready for the arrival of their defense worker t
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Credit lineDefense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Progress reports at the Franklin Terrace defense housing project. Shown here are some of the 300 homes in various stages of completion. Road beds are being graded . 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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