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Congressional TVA interrogators. Washington, D.C., May 25. Principal interrogators of Dr. Arthur E, Morgan, deposed Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman who was the first witness before the Joint Congressional Investigating Committee today, were, left to right: Senator Vic Donahey, Chairman; Rep. James M. Mead, Co- Chairman; and Senator James J. Davis, Republican member of the committee, 5/25/38

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Chairman of Civil Aeronautics authority assumes new duties. Washington, D.C., Aug. 8. As the Washington summer heat fairly sizzled, Edward J. Noble today assumed his duties as chairman of the newly created Civil Aeronautics Authority. Wiping the beads of perspiration from his forehead after taking the oath, Noble is pictured as he plunged into the mass of details involved in putting the act in effect on August 22, 8/8/38

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All set for construction. Washington, D.C., April 20. While Senator Robert F. Wagner, of New York, the father of modern housing legislation, looks on with pride, Nathan Straus, Chief of U.S. Housing Authority, puts the final OK on the President's approval of $36,657,000 in contracts for housing projects in New York City, Augusta, GA., Jacksonville, FLA., and Louisville, KY, 4/20/38

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Mountaineer with electrified shanty. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) client, Tennessee

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Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane pilots. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. An instrument which gives airplane pilots their height above the ground over which the plane is flying was demonstrated today to members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by officials of the Western Electric Co. and the United Airlines. Claimed to be the first successful altimeter showing terrain clearance, the new device operates by radio, using the shortest wave ever employed for aviation, officials of the companies stated. In the photograph, left to right: Col. Sumter Smith, Peter C. Sandrette, Supt. of the United Airline's communication laboratory who was in charge of the demonstration; and Thomas Hardin. Smith and Hardin are members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 10/10/38

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Urges Senate investigation of T.W.A. Washington, D.C., March 28. Rep. Andrew J. May, Democrat of Kentucky, who today appeared before the Senate Rules Committee to urge the investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as proposed by Senate Majority Leader Barkley in a resolution just introduced, 3/28/38

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Hears charges of ousted TVA Chairman. Washington, D.C., May 25. Listeners may hear no good of themselves, but, David E. Lillienthal, Co-Director of the tennessee Valley Authority, certainly cupped his ear today to catch every word of Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, deposed TVA Chiarman, as he hurled charges at his foes before the Congressional TVA Investigating Committee. Morgan accused his Co-Directors of misrepresentations and hypocrisy, 5/25/38

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Members of new Civil Aeronautics Authority take Oath of Office. Washington, D.C., Aug. 8. Members of the newly created Civil Aeronautics Authority were administered the Oath of Office enmasse today by Associate Justice Harold M. Stephens of the U.S. Court of Appeals. In the photograph, left to right: Justice Stephens; Joseph W. Stewart, Clerk of the Court; Edward J. Noble, Chairman; Harlee Branch, Vice Chairman; G. Grant Mason; Oswald Ryan; Robert Hinckley; and Clinton M. Hestor, Administer of the Act, 8/8/38

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PMG Farley administers oath to new Assistant PMG. Washington, D.C., Oct. 5. Ambose O'Connell of New York, recently named Second Assistant Postmaster General, was today administered the Oath of Office by Postmaster General James A. Farley. O'Connell, who was formerly Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, succeeds Harlee Branch, now a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 10/5/38

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TVA Congressional investigation gets under way Washington, D.C., May 25. Seats were at a premium today as the Joint Congressional Committee opened hearings on the Tennessee Valley Authority investigation at the Capitol. This picture, taken from back of the committee room with Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, (center) deposed TVA Chairman, at the witness table, 5/25/38

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TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., April 27. With their membership now complete, The Joint Congressional Committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority met today for the first time. They laid plans to round up their staff of lawyers, investigators, and clerks, some of whom will probably go south to do preliminary work. In the photo, left to right: (seated) Sen. Lynn Frazier, (R) North Dakota; Sen. Vic Donahey, (D) of Ohio, Chairman; Sen. James J. Davis, (R) Penna.; and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, (R) Ohio. Standing, left to right: Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, (R) New Jersey; Rep. William J. Driver, (D) Arkansas; Sen. H.H. Schwartz, (D) Wyoming; Rep. R. Ewing Thomason, (D) Texas; and Rep. James M. Mead, (D) New York, Co-Chairman, 4/27/38

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Discuss sale of private utilities in TVA area. Washington, D.C., March 16. Tennessee Valley Authority Director David E. Lillienthal, (left) and Wendell L. Wilkie, President of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, met today in the first of series of conferences to discuss the sale of private utilities to communities in the TVA area. At the Conclusion of the morning session, no definite decision had been reached in the negotiations, 3/16/38

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TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Foes of the Tennessee Valley Authority pooled forces today in an attempt to override administration opposition and obtain a Congressional investigation of the power agency. Senators William H. King (D.) of Utah, right, and H. Style Bridges, (R) of New Hampshire, said that President's Roosevelt's intervention Friday in the feud between TVA Chairman Morgan and his codiretors, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan had settled nothing, despite the fact that the President told the Directors to settle their dispute or resign, 3/14/38

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Declares TVA yardstick is sound. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Appearing before the Joint Congressional TVA Committee today, Leland Olds, Executive Secretary of the New York Power Authority and nationally recognize authority on utilities, declared the TVA yardstick is sound and worth '50 to 100 times a loss of $2,000,000 a year.' He condemned as a 'high cost' producer of electricity the commonwealth and southern corp., 121538

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Secretary of Civil Aeronautics Authority. Washington, D.C., Aug. 22. Paul Frizzell, recently named Secretary of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, photographed at his desk today, 8/22/38

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Ickes asks for full control of Bonneville Dan project. Washington, D.C., July 18. In an appearance before the House Rivers and Harbors Committee today, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes asked congress to give him full control over the Bonneville Dam project in Oregon. He said he favored a bill introduced by Rep. Walter Pierce because the Secretary of Interior was "charged with the responsibility of the Bonneville project but was without authority to appoint authorities at the project, excepting only the Administrator." Ickes added he felt he should also be permitted to appoint the subordinates as well as the administrator, 7/18/39

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[Rep. Hamilton Fish on neutrality. Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. After the House Rules Committee Session, Rep. Hamilton Fish was interviewed by the press. He told reporters that he had no disposition to filibuster and hoped that congress would disposed of the matter by Friday night, but he said opponents wanted some rule permitting the House to decide policy on three questions: the arms embargo, loans under the cash and carry provision, and the presidential power to determine combat areas, which Fish said, was equivalent to giving him authority to name an aggressor]

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Buffalo, New York. Willert Park housing project. U.S. Housing Authority

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The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas Dam vicinity, Tenn.

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New member of Civil Aeronautics Authority assumes post. Washington, D.C., May 6. Edward P. Warner, recently appointed a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, today took the oath of office and assumed the new post. He is pictured with Robert H. Hinckley, right, chairman of the authority. Warner is a former assistant secretary of navy for aeronautics

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[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediation service. [Washington], D.C., May 15. William M Leiseron, [member of?] the NLRB, told the Senate Education and [...] that much of the existing criticism of [...] could have been avoided by a more [...] federal mediation service. He caused the [committee?] which is holding hearings on the Wagner(?) Amendments(?) proposed recently, a good laugh [...] out that authority of the board ends [...] agree to bargain collectively. 'The [...] of the board ends there. The act then [...] ending of a happy life thereafter. [Anyone who is?] married knows that is not the whole story

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Jones asks for $500,000,000 to lend to railroads and lease rail equipment. Washington, D.C., July 21. Jessie Jones, newly made Federal Lending Administrator suggested today the House Banking and Currency Committee that the RFC be given authority to lent the $500,000,000 for railroads in the new lending program and to use it to purchase and lease equipment to them asked by Rep. Clyde Williams about certain loans made to railroads which are in default, 'What do you do about it?' Jones answered, 'Well, we pray,' 7/21/39

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$7,300,000 sought for training civilian pilots. Washington, D.C., March 20. Robert Hinkley, left, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, today declared before the House Ways and Means Committee that the aggressor nations had "Startled us into action" as he sought for the CAA an appropriation of $7,300,000 for the training of civilian air pilots. He is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea Chairman of the Committee, 3-20-39

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The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas Dam vicinity, Tenn.

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[Rep. Hamilton Fish on neutrality. Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. After the House Rules Committee Session, Rep. Hamilton Fish was interviewed by the press. He told reporters that he had no disposition to filibuster and hoped that congress would disposed of the matter by Friday night, but he said opponents wanted some rule permitting the House to decide policy on three questions: the arms embargo, loans under the cash and carry provision, and the presidential power to determine combat areas, which Fish said, was equivalent to giving him authority to name an aggressor]

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, kitchen

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, living room I

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Housing. Manitowac, Wisconsin. Three youthful residents of the 400-unit federal housing project, in Manitowac, Wisconsin, investigate the merits of a neighbor's bird bath. Operated by the National Housing Authority (NHA), this project includes 400 prefabricated demountable, steel channel frame and plywood units, which helps to alleviate the city's housing shortage. Principal residents of the project are naval and civilian employees of Manitowac's shipyards

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In the name and by authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor's office, proclamation, the selective training and service act of 1940 … given under my hand and the great seal of the state, at the city of Harrisburg, this eighteenth da

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Tennessee Valley Authority Houses For Defense Workers. To help alleviate a serious housing shortage arising from increased employment in national defense industries, the Tennessee Valley Authority is building 100 conventionally built homes and 150 demountable houses for defense workers in the Muscle Shoals area in Northern Alabama.

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Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Lee Terrace detail

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court detail

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Mr. Charles F. Palmer, coordinator of defense housing for the National Defense Office for Emergency Management (OEM). Mr. Palmer is president of Palmer, Inc,. Atlanta; chairman, Atlanta Housing Authority; and president, National Association of Housing Officials

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Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he was writing the commentary for "Bomber," nation defense motion picture just completed by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) film unit. Mr. Sandburg is famous as the Pulitizer prize winning author of "The War Years", monumental biography on Abraham Lincoln, and as the author of numerous poems and other works. Mr, Sandburg is also famous as a musician, newspaper columnist and authority on Americans. The commentary for "Bomber" was his first excursion into film making. He volunteered his services to the defense program and served without pay

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Defense housing. The first section of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) experimental trailer-house is backed up onto its foundation in the mountains of North Carolina. The section is equipped with wheels on the underside, the foundation is equipped with tracks. The wheels are placed on the tracks and half a house rolls into

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Remsen Court, general view nearer

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Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, front bedroom

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Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains

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Administering oath. Herbert Emmerich, former Secretary of War Production Board, now Administrator of Defense housing Authority and J.C. Hale, of Bureau of Budget, Assistant Administrator Officer, administering the oath

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Remsen Court, sharp view of doorways

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, living room II

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Remsen Court, general view from distance

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Thomas G. Early, Acting Secy. of Civil Aeronautics Authority, 7-12-40

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Half a house is brought from the trailer factory in Michigan to the site at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Fontana project in western North Carolina. A light truck is sufficient to transport the section. The section contains half a living-dining room, all of a bedroom, and most of the closet space in the house. A second section contains the

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, rear bedroom

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Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Lee Terrace, general view

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No absenteeism here. Knoxville, Tennessee. As he threw the switch that started the first generators of Tenessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Douglas Dam, a vital war power-production unit, Patrick P. Marshall, steam-fitter, said: "I realized that any day I was absent was a day given to the enemy." Marshall had been on the job for 374 consecutive workdays. He was chosen among eighteen workers, all of whom never missed a day of work on Douglas, to speak for the employees. He is shown here being congratulated by W.L. Batt, War Production Board (WPB) vice-chairman, on the completion of a job that is making aluminum for bombers ahead of schedule

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, general view I

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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,

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Administering oath. Left to right: John B. Blandford, Administrator of National Housing Agency; Herbert Emmerich, former Secretary of War Production Board, now Administrator of Defense Housing Authority; Donald M. Nelson, Chief, War Production Board and J.C. Hale, of Bureau of Budget, Assistant Administrator Officer, administering the oath

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In the name and by authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor's office, proclamation, Pennsylvania is soon to participate in a profoundly solemn and historic departure from precedent when, for the first time in our Republic, there wi

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Dedication ceremonies--Ida B. Wells Homes ... parade along South Parkway ... Chicago Housing Authority / AG.

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Remsen Court, detail, end house

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Newton D. Baker Village, new defense housing project under construction by the housing authority of Columbus, Georgia. Near Fort Benning

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, general view II

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Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he was writing the commentary for "Bomber", national defense motion Picture just completed by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) film unit. Mr. Sandburg is famous as the Pulitzer prize winning author of "The War Years," monumental biography of Abraham Lincoln, and as the author of numerous poems and other works. Mr. Sandburg is also famous as a musician, newspaper columnist and authority on Americans. The commentary for "Bomber" was his first excursion into film making. He volunteered his services to the defense program and served without pay

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Mr. Charles F. Palmer, coordinator of defense housing for the National Defense Office for Emergency Management (OEM). Mr. Palmer is president of Palmer, Inc,. Atlanta; chairman, Atlanta Housing Authority; and president, National Association of Housing Officials

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Lee Terrace, center building

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Navy gets original commission of John Paul Jones. Washington, D.C., March 12. The orginal commission of John Paul Jones, as captian in the United States Navy, dated October 10, 1776, and issued under authority of the Continental Congress with signature of John Hancock as its president was presented to the Secretary of Navy Charles Edison today. Capt. H.A. Baldridge, U.S.N. retired, curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, presented the valuable document to the secretary on behalf of the owner, John L. Senior of Glen Acres, Roxbury, Conn. who was not able to be present. The commission will be placed in the crypt of the Revolutionary War hero at the Naval Academy. Left to right: Admiral H.R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations; Capt. H.A. Baldridge; Capt. Dudley Knox, Chief of Naval Records and Library; and Secretary Edison, 3-12-40

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Newton D. Baker Village, a new defense housing project under the housing authority of Columbus, Georgia. Near Fort Benning

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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Reed Court, apartment J, bathroom

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Defense housing. The completely assembled trailer house. Last steps in the assembly were the attaching of the steps and the entrance canopy. The Tenessee Valley Authority (TVA) is experimenting with two types of exteriors. One, shown in the picture, embodies the customary streamline of a trailer. The other follows as closely as possible the

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Defense housing. The second section of the experimental trailer-house is joined to the first section. The workmen will have the house ready for occupancy in something like half a day from the time they started its assembly. The house will then be occupied by a worker at the Tennesse Valley Authority's (TVA) Fontana project, which is being

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

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War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

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Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to house married enlisted personnel of the Norfolk naval base has 500 units which include single-story detached dwellings, two family houses, two-story group houses and apartments. Built at a cost of $1,980,000 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority), the project was opened for occupancy on July 1, 1941. Rentals are divided into four groups which run from a low 13-15 dollars to a high of 30-33 dollars

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Defense housing project being developed by the housing authority of the city of Newport News, Virginia for the shelter of defense workers and families of enlisted personnel

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Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Tent colony of twenty-five families who had been squatters on land taken over the Navy. They are to be resettled by the land authority

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Jones Laughlin steel company. USHA (United States Housing Authority) housing project on top of hill. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Dale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. USHA (U.S. Housing Agency)-financed through local housing authority

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Two-family unit in Merrimac Villiage. A defense housing project of the Norfolk housing authority

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Portion of the Swanson Homes development in Virginia which are nearing completion. These units are being constructed by the local housing authority of Portsmouth with funds advanced by the USHA (U.S. Housing Agency)

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

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Modern kitchen in a Tennessee Valley Authority house. Kitchen equipment for one of the new demountable houses, which the TVA is building for defense workers in the Muscle Shoals area in northern Alabama, includes electric range, water heater, and refrigerator. The TVA, acting as an agent of the Federal Works Administrator, is building

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Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Tent colony of twenty-five families who had been squatters on land taken over the Navy. They are to be resettled by the land authority

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

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Modern equipment in a Tennessee Valley Authority demountable house. Modern equipment in a bathroom in one of the demountable houses which the TVA is building for defense workers in the Muscle Shoals area in northern Alabama. All fixtures are installed before the house leaves the assembly line. The Authority, acting as an agent of the

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These wheels help make the demountable house "demountable." Frame for a section of one of the 150 demountable houses which the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is building at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for defense workers. A set of four wheels is mounted in the base of the floor frame of each section, one wheel near each corner. The

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Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to house married enlisted personnel of the Norfolk naval base has 500 units which include single-story detached dwellings, two family houses, two-story group houses and apartments. Built at a cost of $1,980,000 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority), the project was opened for occupancy on July 1, 1941. Rentals are divided into four groups which run from a low 13-15 dollars to a high of 30-33 dollars

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

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Home for defense worker. 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 of the Federal Works Administrator

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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

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Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month. The project completed on February 1941

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War housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. Multi-unit apartments for housing married, enlisted personnel at the Army Air base. Construction work on one of the 350 units being built by the Public Buildings Administration under a war authority program at a cost of $1,282,000. The project is over ninety percent completed (July 1941). Rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

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Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Tent colony of twenty-five families who had been squatters on land taken over by the Navy. They are to be resettled by the land authority

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Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Tent colony of twenty-five families who had been squatters on land taken over by the Navy. They are to be resettled by the land authority

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War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

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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

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Manati (vicinity), Puerto Rico. A gathering of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers to whom land was being distributed under the land authority act

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Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Insulators and bus wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

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Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Cattle on the Julien H. Case farm

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Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). The Halls often go boating o the Tennessee River

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Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

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Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Training for war production at NYA (National Youth Administration) school

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Parker, Ariz. Apr. 1942. constructing buildings for Japanese-American evacuees at the War relocation authority center on the Colorado River Indian Reservation

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